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Severe weather warning Winter clouds in the Cascades The Lane County Sheriff's Office advises resident to stay home tonight and only travel if necessary. The National Weather Service has issued severe weather warnings for all areas of Lane County in effect until 6 a.m. Monday morning. Strong damaging winds along the coast will cause high seas, sneaker waves and debris such as logs to be washed on shore. People are advised to keep children away from the surf. Dangers Strong winds may bring down trees, limbs and power lines making travel conditio...
Cancellation notice Lane County Public Works is asking the public to ignore the notice sent yesterday about closures of the Goodpasture Covered Bridge on December 26th & January 2nd. "Due to complications encountered yesterday during post-tensioning the bridge, the planned road closures will need to be delayed. This is a disappointing development that will delay the project beyond an already expected delay," according to Senior Engineering Associate, Brad Lemhouse. "The engineering and material fabrication is anticipated to take a couple of...
December 26 & January 2 Goodpasture covered bridge Two night closure are scheduled. The first will be from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26th, to 5 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27th. The second is set for 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2nd, to 5 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3rd. A detour route for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists will not be available during the bridge closures. Firefighting equipment and an emergency response vehicle will be parked on the south side of the bridge before the bridge is closed. McKenzie Fire & Rescue has developed a response plan to...
Testing ways to improve fish passage Cougar Dam, Blue River, OR The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is performing a "deep drawdown" of Cougar Reservoir this month to test a possible method of improving downstream fish passage past Cougar Dam. The Corps is lowering the reservoir's surface to 1,500 feet above sea level, about 32 feet below the usual minimum flood control elevation and 16 feet below the minimum water level required to operate the dam's powerhouse. Corps reservoir regulators predict water levels will reach 1,500 feet the week of Dec....
NOAA Proposes Confidential Interviews of Stakeholders Salmon display at McKenzie Hatchery By Chris Thomas, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. - The federal agency in charge of making plans for salmon recovery in the Pacific Northwest is reaching out to a couple hundred people, businesses and associations, in what could signal a more collaborative approach to saving the endangered fish. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has named two neutral, university-based groups to interview and assess all sides' views in the salmon...
Upper McKenzie Fire Practices Firefighting Eaves at burn to learn training By Norm Michaels, Chief On December 8 Upper McKenzie firefighters had the opportunity to hone their fire fighting skills by burning an old house. The house, which was not habitable, was donated by Tokatee Golf Club to be burned to provide practice with live fire. This house presented a challenge to the department because it had a shop within six feet of the house, which the people at Tokatee wanted to save. Metal shed at burn to learn training This opportunity gave the...
Snow on backcountry road Officials are reminding visitors to the Willamette National Forest that they will encounter a wide range of driving conditions from now through spring. Many roads, especially those in higher elevations, have already become impassable due to snow. Forest Service roads are not maintained for winter travel. This includes popular and scenic double-lane, paved roads such as Forest Highway 19 (North Fork Road/Aufderheide Drive), Forest Highway 46 (Breitenbush Road), and Forest Highway 21 (Middle Fork Road). Visitors should...
After a weekend of much-needed snowfall in the mid-Cascades, the Hoodoo Ski Area will open its 75th season of operation on Friday, December 7th, at 9 a.m. "Stay tuned for trail and lift updates as we are expected to get 4-8 inches of snow before Friday," according to general manager Matthew McFarland. Check Hoodoo.com for daily conditions, snow fall and web cams for up to minute images of Hoodoo. McFarland said Hoodoo's Easy Rider, Manzanita and Ed chair lifts will be operating on Friday from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., with many groomed trails open for...
Home Country book cover "Home Country," a paperback book by Albuquerque-based writer and former mule packer Slim Randles, is now available in time for Christmas giving. The award-winning book is a collection of the best of his Home Country columns from the first five years. Randles, whose weekly column “Home Country” appears in McKenzie River Reflections, also reaches 2.2 million readers in 44 states. In addition, he is the author of nine books, including the national award-winning “A Cowboy’s Guide to Growing Up Right.” "Home Country"...
3/4/12 ODOT crews in Lane County today were busy responding to weather related issues affecting state highways On US 101, approximately 12 miles north of Florence, crews were called out at 3:16 a.m. to remove a large tree that had fallen across the highway and into utility lines. One lane was reopened at 7:39 a.m. and the highway was fully reopened at 11:18 a.m. Boulder on Hwy 126W On OR 126W (Florence-Eugene Hwy) a large boulder and rock debris fell onto the highway at approximately 8:30 a.m. Traffic was restricted until the rock fall was...
A Flood Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for late tonight through Wednesday afternoon for northwest Oregon rivers 12/3/12 RIVERS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING INCLUDE SILETZ AND SIUSLAW ALONG THE COAST...AND THE MARYS...LUCKIAMUTE...AND CLACKAMAS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THERE MAY ALSO BE MINOR FLOODING AT SOME LOCATIONS ON THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE... INCLUDING HARRISBURG AND CORVALLIS. The target area includes: * Cascade Foothills in Lane County * Cascades in Lane County * Central Coast Range of Western Oregon *...
Dear EarthTalk®: How can I have a greener, healthier laundry room? -- Billie Alexander, Topeka, KS Clear water rapid While there are many ways to green one’s laundry room, one place to start is with detergent. Luckily, in 2009 the federal government phased out phosphates, harsh chemicals that help break down minerals and loose food bits during the wash cycle, because their presence in waste water causes algae blooms in downstream waterways. But mainstream detergents still often contain the surfactant nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE), which r...
Skiers at Hoodoo Bowl SANTIAM PASS: If the early plans of investors had panned out skiers could be making runs down Three Fingered Jack. When funding for a new road didn’t materialize, Bend businessman Ed Thurston constructed the Hoodoo Ski Bowl near the summit of the Santiam Pass in 1938. Before that he’d pioneered winter outings by operating a rope tow at White Branch in McKenzie Bridge. Early construction at the base of Hoodoo Butte included two A-frame warming huts supplemented by a 30 by 150 lodge, rope tows, and a ski patrol shack. In...
Storms Bring Risk of Flooding, Damage Pacific flood map By Alex Sosnowski, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com reports a series of drenching, powerful storms is lining up from the Pacific Ocean and will roll onshore in the West Coast through the weekend. The storms will bring a risk to lives and property in northern California. The first of the storms and the most mild-mannered of the bunch was reaching the Pacific coast Wednesday. Successive storms will arrive about one-and-a-half to two days. The pattern will not break off...
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the new nutrition standards for school lunches that have some students boycotting their cafeterias and discarding the food? -- Melissa Makowsky, Trenton, NJ Girl with grapes Indeed, some 31 million American kids participating in the federally supported National School Lunch Program have been getting more whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables in their diets—whether they like it or not. The change is due to new school meal standards unveiled by the U.S. Department...
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McKenzie River electrofishing counts in 2010 Volunteers were busy along a five-mile stretch of the McKenzie River in 2010, using an electrofishing boat to count fish from Hendricks Bridge to Bellinger Landing. SPRINGFIELD: The Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife stocks more hatchery rainbow trout into the McKenzie River than into any other stream in Oregon (amounting to more than 131,000 trout in 2010). To gain more understanding of what sort of anglers are drawn to the area, ODFW conducted an angler creel survey in 2009 and 2010. The survey area c...
More Stormy Weather for Oregon and Washington 11/20 weather map By Matt Alto, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com 20 November 2012 -- AccuWeather.com reports a day after the strongest in the train of Pacific storms slammed the Northwest with flooding rain and hurricane-force wind gusts, another storm system will bring more rain and wind to the region. Although today's system will not be as strong as Monday's, it will bring much colder air which will drop snow levels to 4,000 feet in the Washington and Oregon Cascades. Today's storm will quickly...
Goodpasture Covered Bridge 11/19/12 update Scaffold on Goodpasture Covered Bridge The timber truss loads have been transferred to the temporary steel truss allowing the steel truss to support the entire bridge load. We are raising the load limit from 10 tons to 20 tons. The bridge is now posted 20 tons. Over the next couple of weeks the Contractor will be installing post tensioning on the bridge (which will put the camber back in the bridge), working on timber truss members, and electrical/lighting facilities. While going through the...
Office at Spring Creek Holly Farm Marilyn Janz has been a familiar face for people shopping at the Spring Creek Holly Farm’s office in Leaburg. LEABURG: The third season of the Give Back To Schools program will begin the day after Thanksgiving at the Spring Creek Holly Farm. Once again, the business will donate 50% of its retail proceeds of Christmas tree sales to a school of the buyer’s choice. The Give Back To Schools program started in 2010 when Spring Creek Holly Farm looked for a way to help local classes during the poor economy. In the...
By EarthTalk® Do Not Spray sign Farmers and health groups point out that organic's major selling point is avoiding pesticides and, in the case of meat and dairy, hormones. A Stanford University review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in September reported that organic and conventional produce carry the exact same nutritional value. Lead author Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangler and colleagues examined 237 studies that compared the nutrient and contaminant levels in organic and non-organic fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, poultry, eggs...
Learn to paddle Paddlesports training You see them all over. Kayaks, canoes, even stand-up paddle boards. Paddlecraft are becoming more affordable and available at almost every retailer these days, and many vacation destinations rent paddlecraft for day use. But there’s more to it than just trying out the activity and deciding to buy a paddlecraft. Each year thousands of people flock to the waterways with little knowledge about their boat, where they’re operating, what the legal requirements are, and the skill needed to avoid an accident. The...
Snow on Augusta Creek Cooler temperatures last weekend brought a white coating to the foothills of the Cascades, like this scene on Augusta Creek above Cougar Reservoir. One of the annual indications that winter is beginning was reached last Thursday when the Oregon Dept. of Transportation closed the Old McKenzie Pass for the winter. Another, the opening of the Hoodoo Recreation Area for their 75th anniversary of operations may not make it for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Tuesday morning the snow base level was around 7.5 inches, which isn’t e...
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