Oregon Public Broadcasting

1st congressional district 2012 election 2012 session agriculture art arts author beer births books budget business central oregon college congress crime culture death penalty eastern oregon economy education employment energy environment eugene fishing food gangs gay rights health health care high school history homeless housing jobs kids law legislature literature living media mental health military movies music native americans obama occupy portland occupy wall street onthejob oregon our town outdoors parenting police politics portland portland business journal portland mayor pregnancy prison public health race rebroadcast recess recession religion republicans rural schools science shooting sports supreme court talking business technology teen theater unemployment union university of oregon washington water weekend women youth

What is the rat population like on the E shore from OMSI north? I hear it is huge near the grain ship loading docks and tapers off N and S of there. While paddling a kayak in that area I occasionally see dead rats in the water and the odd live one scampering off in the rip-rap. A hazzard?

This leads me to stay South of OMSI on my paddling workouts. Too bad as the little cove behind the Esplanade would be a nice nice spot for speed work. But it's full of debris and the odd dead critter. Yuck.

Rufus.

posted 3 years, 9 months ago
view in context