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Cold rivers can be dangerous even during extreme heat, Oregon swimmers are warned
Officials are encouraging people to exercise water safety while cooling off in hot weather as water may still be cold.

Indigenous youth complete 310-mile Klamath River journey
Over a hundred family and community members gathered on the sand spit shore below Requa Village on the Yurok Reservation, where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean, to welcome 120 Indigenous youth kayakers who made history as the first people to descend over 310 miles down the free-flowing Klamath River.

Former dam property along White Salmon River to be sold to Yakama Nation
The Conservation Fund announced this week they are purchasing land form the former Condit Dam site. It will be transferred to the Yakama Nation as soon as next year.

Science & Environment
Restoring the river’s memory: Quartz Creek project reconnects river for habitat and water quality
A major earth-moving project is underway along the McKenzie Highway east of Eugene-Springfield. The work is meant to restore the McKenzie River to its more meandering character to improve wildlife habitat and water quality.

Mexican navy ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge, snapping its masts and killing 2 crew members
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the 142-year-old bridge was spared major damage Saturday, but at least 19 people aboard the ship needed medical treatment.
New drones and sonar will help keep Sandy River visitors safe this summer
Several Portland-area emergency agencies have teamed up to buy new equipment that will help reduce drownings on the Sandy River.
Oregon riverkeepers seek to improve river safety after multiple drownings in 2024
The vast majority of drowning victims were not wearing life jackets. Oregon non-profits are hoping to improve access to these life saving devices.
‘Putting it back to the way it was’: Nonprofits partner to restore Oregon’s Siuslaw River estuary
A 20-year conservation effort to restore the lower Siuslaw River just got a big boost. A cattle farmer recently transferred 245 acres of land to continue restoration of the tidal estuary.

Oregon could place limits on river trash, ocean acidification
A report released Thursday uses data submitted by the nonprofit Willamette Riverkeeper, whose staff say the mounting trash pollution appears to be tied to increases in homelessness.
River clean-up plan runs into blowback from Baker County
For the first time, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is putting together a plan for the Powder River Basin’s total maximum daily load, a plan they will use to try to lower E. coli levels in the basin.