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Jet boats provide high-speed, thrill-seeking experiences for tourists on waterways like the Upper Rogue River. A conflict over the use of these boats has arisen over the years.
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Environmental agencies are continuing their efforts to clean up a spill of petroleum products into Bear Creek after Tuesday’s three-alarm fire at a fuel depot near downtown Medford.
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An investigation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found buried waste that could include barrels containing chemicals at the site of the scrapped Elk Creek Dam along a tributary of the Rogue River.
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High levels of E.coli bacteria have been found in the Bear Creek Basin, contaminating tributaries in Ashland, Talent, Medford and Central Point.
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Rivers are powerful things, in the physical world and in our imaginations. But do you really understand where rivers come from and how their courses are…
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Some presidents play golf, others retreat to their ranches or luxury beach resorts, but the 31st president, Herbert Hoover, found relaxation in fly…
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The year 1912 was an auspicious one for the residents of Woodville, Ore. The town’s original name had been Tailholt, but that changed to Woodville, in…
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We get used to talking about the "wild and scenic Rogue River," but the concept is a relatively young one. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act dates only to…
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It's fun to sit on the river bank and watch the water go by. Sean Fleming has done that, we suspect, but he's also thought a lot more deeply about rivers…
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It sounds like a dream come true: a chance to preserve more than 350 acres of land along the Rogue River, in ways that will benefit people and other…
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An early U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report concluded that it was impossible to make the Rogue River navigable for steamers.In early December 1878, a…
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Everyone once in a while a river will flood in our part of the world. But that's the exception; more often than not, our streams get warmer and smaller as…
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If the Cascade Mountains are Oregon's backbone, the Willamette River is something like its main artery. Most of Oregon's population lives within a few…
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Tim Palmer is the kind of guest we welcome back often to the Exchange. Because he provides such a wealth of information in so many realms. It comes down…