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Article: Muddy river, muddy future.(Environment)(A Corps of Engineers project fouls waters, recreationists' attitudes)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2002
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Byline: SCOTT MABEN The Register-Guard
THOSE WHO MAKE a living catering to fishermen on the lower McKenzie River are still waiting for a clear current - and the currency it brings.
Preparations for a federal construction project upriver have churned up muddy water for the past two months, and some fear the turbid conditions will cloud the recreation season well into summer.
"It just about brings tears to your eyes, to be quite honest," said Aaron Helfrich, president of the McKenzie River Guides Association.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the first year of a three-year project to build a water temperature-control tower at Cougar ...