Southcentral Alaska utilities submit much-debated Eklutna River restoration plan to governor

Two Southcentral Alaska electric utilities on Thursday sent to Gov. Mike Dunleavy their final proposal in a historic effort to return water flow and possibly salmon to much of the Eklutna River. The Chugach and Matanuska electric associations and the Municipality of Anchorage’s hydropower utility own the dam and hydropower project that dries up the river. The utilities are undertaking a legally required effort to reduce the dam’s impacts on fish and wildlife. The effort arises from an agreement signed in 1991 that allowed the city and electric utilities to...