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Windsurfing is a popular activity at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Lessons and hoard rental
are available.
Reservoirs spawn recreational use
Boating, fishing, bird watching top the list
By Stephen Maher
Of tin Kmerald
When the U S. Corps of
Engineers began work on Fern
Ridge Reservoir 49 years ago.
recreational use of the site
was a moot subject. Authoriz
ed by Congress, the construc
tion of the dam was based on
the need for flood control.
Today, however. Fern
Ridge and Eugene’s other
nearby reservoir. Dexter lake,
attract close to a million
visitors yearly. And they
come for one reason only:
recreation.
At Fern Ridge, windsurfing
has taken hold, joining older
boating pastimes, such as
water skiing and sailing, as a
popular activity At Orchard
Point Park, for example,
visitors can rent sailboards
and receive windsurfing
lessons.
At Dexter l.ake. where the
water is much colder, boating
is limited to sailing and crew,
and for the diohards with wot
suits, water skiing.
"The water for Dexter Lake
comes off the bottom of the
dam for Lookout Point Reser
voir. So it is the coldest of all
of the Corps of Engineer reser
voirs in this area," said Bill
Chapman, director of the Lane
County parks department,
which leases five perk sites at
the two reservoirs from the
IJ.S. Corps of Engineers.
"Sailing is the primary
thing on Dexter. There's very
little windsurfing on Dexter,
both because of the wind pat
terns and the temperature of
the water. Of course, there is
some swimming but not
much Mostly just sunbathing
.mil sailing," Chapman said
Fishing also attracts people
to the two reservoirs
"There's a sprinkling of
trout, both the rainbow,
which are mostly put in by the
fish and wildlife hatchery
programs, and some native
cutthroat,'" said Dick
Lamster. natural resource
manager for the U.S. Corps of
Fngineers’ Upper Willamette
River system. "I don't think
Dexter has any (native fish),
but I have heard of Fern Ridge
having some. They may come
down from the streams ’
At Fern Ridge, them are
warm water fish as well, in
cluding Itass, blue gill, crap
pie and suckers, lamster said
But fish are not the only
wildlife to be found at Fern
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