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The body of a 35-year-old Salem man was recovered Friday night by Oregon Rescue Divers in the Willamette River after apparently drowning on Monday near Wallace Marine Park, according to Salem Police.
Oregon authorities said Wednesday that they have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident. The Benton County Sheriff's Office said it ...
Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught on an exposed snag in the water, the Benton County Sheriff's Office said in a ...
Osprey are among bird species often seen along the Willamette River. Over the past 150 years, a significant change for the Willamette River has been the loss of its floodplain forests, which covered an estimated 89 percent of a 400-foot (120 m) band along each river bank in 1850. [153]
[7] [12] The water reached so high in Oregon City that Willamette Falls almost disappeared. [13] Several rivers flowing west out of the Oregon Coast Range into the Pacific also flooded. The dairy industry in Tillamook County with 500 cattle having drowned and sediment left behind covering about a quarter of the grazing land in the county. [14]
People canoeing on the river spotted a body and called 911, the sheriff said in a Facebook update. Sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after and "located a deceased female on a shallow section of ...
[14] [15] On July 19, 2021, City of Portland Commissioner Mingus Mapps participated in a Duckworth Wednesday event, where he spoke and jumped in the Willamette River with his staff. [16] In 2022, PP&R and HAP designated the dock one of six safer swimming areas on the Willamette River. [ 17 ]
Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.