Portal:Oregon/DYK/155

...that the two dams (one pictured) and reservoir that form the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project were decommissioned in 2007–08, due to the rising costs of meeting environmental laws?
...that the "noble polypore" (mushroom species Bridgeoporus nobilissimus) was the first fungus to be listed as endangered by any private or public agency in the United States?
...that Columbia Aircraft successfully converted the famed Lancair IV to a fixed-gear general aviation aircraft, but was purchased by Cessna in 2007 after stiff competition from the Cirrus SR22?
... that baseball's Salem Senators once tried to use a convicted murderer incarcerated at the Oregon State Penitentiary in a game?

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