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Article: Waldo Lake motorboat ban to stand.(Recreation)(The Forest Service rejects an appeal of the ban by a Eugene resident who wants to continue using engines on the lake)
- Article from:
- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 24, 2007
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Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard
In future years, the silence at Waldo Lake may be broken only by the hungry whine of mosquitos.
The U.S. Forest Service decided Monday to stick with its decision to ban motorboats, generators and chain saws from the shores and shoals of the pristine lake 20 miles east of Oakridge.
Eugene resident Steven Stewart had appealed the ban in June, arguing - in part - that it would block elderly and disabled people from using the lake. He appealed in the name of his late father, Stub Stewart, a Eugene timber company owner and state lawmaker, who enjoyed an annual motor tour around the lake up into his 90s.
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