[OSMB-News] News Release -Second North Santiam River Navigation Hazard Cleared

Ashley Massey ashley.massey at state.or.us
Mon Jun 29 14:01:39 PDT 2009


For Immediate Release	Date: Monday, June 29, 2009

Second North Santiam River Navigation Hazard Cleared

	The buzz saws were humming for a better part of last Thursday to
clear a large cottonwood tree that spanned across the North Fork Santiam
River near its confluence with the South Santiam River.
	“The root wad of this tree was at least 12 feet high or
more,” said Dale Flowers, Law Enforcement Coordinator for the
Marine Board.  “It took a lot of people, equipment and a lot of skill
to remove this hazard.  We had to do something because someone
inexperienced about the river was going to get seriously hurt,”
Flowers added.
	David Neal, owner of Agricultural Drainage Corporation, donated
his time, equipment and fuel to help remove this hazard.  With the help
from the Marion County marine patrol, Jefferson Fire and Rescue, and
representatives from the Western Whitewater Association, after more than
five hours of labor, rigging, cutting, and pulling, were able to move
the main portion of the tree along the river bank.  Portions of the tree
that were sawed off were allowed to drift downstream for fish habitat. 

	“We couldn’t have mitigated the river hazard if all these
folks hadn’t come together to help make it happen,” said Flowers. 
The Marine Board also wants to extend its gratitude to the North Santiam
River Guides Association for reporting hazards to navigation to the
Marine Board and law enforcement.
	For more information about river hazards and pictures from this
mitigation, visit
http://www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/safety/navigation_hazards.shtml.
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Ashley A. Massey
Public Information Officer
Oregon State Marine Board
503-378-2623
503-378-8587 ext. 82623
ashley.massey at state.or.us

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