Portland General Electric is heading to trial against the state of Oregon over the fate of five acres of land historically used for tribal fishing at Willamette Falls.
On Friday, a district court judge denied a tribal group’s argument for maintaining control of its fishing platform at the base of the falls. The judge also partly denied PGE’s argument for seizing ownership of this area.
The case ties to a fishing platform built by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. In 2018, the Grand Ronde tribes leased an area of the falls from the state so they could build and operate the platform…