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Posts Tagged ‘ Rogue River ’

Keeping OHVs Away From The Rogue River

April 8, 2009
By Dennis Newman

It’s interesting to see what agencies have to do to keep OHVs from entering areas where they’re prohibited. Along the Rogue River, the Bureau of Land Management is placing huge logs across roads and building giant dirt berms that are also known as “tank traps”. Some of these roads were closed to motor vehicles...
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Another Dam Bites The Dust

April 2, 2009
By Dennis Newman
Another Dam Bites The Dust

Derided by environmentalists as a “fish killer”, next week marks the beginning of the end for Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River near Grants Pass. After it’s gone, almost 126 miles of the Rogue will be free flowing. It starts Tuesday with the construction of coffer dams, temporary structures that will give workers...
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