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Campground
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The thick canopy of Douglas ﬁr is al-
most completely gone, leaving the park
wide open and sunbaked. From the
open road, you can see the old buildings,
basketball court and remnants of the
campground in the distance, but those
areas remain oﬀ-limits due to safety
concerns, said oﬃcials with the Bureau
of Land Management.
Building a new campsite is likely
years away, oﬃcials said.
“The roads were the one thing that
wasn’t too impacted, so once we cleared
out the hazard trees and made it safe,
the boat ramp and a little day-use area
was what we felt best about reopening,”
said John Huston, ﬁeld manager for
BLM in Northwest Oregon.
“For the rest of the park, we’re look-
ing at it as a new beginning. The ﬁre
cleared out a lot of things and it’s deﬁ-
nitely a reset.”
Why is the boat ramp important?
The boat ramp is a critical stop on the
North Santiam River, almost dividing in
half the river’s roughly 15-mile “white-
water” section that includes a handful
of Class III and II rapids.
Traditionally, those with rafts and
drift boats could split the run into an up-
per section of bigger rapids (Packsaddle
Park to Fishermen’s Bend) and a lower
section with somewhat smaller rapids
(Fishermen’s Bend to Mehama boat
ramp).
But with Fishermen’s Bend closed all
of last summer, people had to use the
steep and sketchy boat ramp in Mill
City, which had limited parking and
wasn’t ideal.
Mill City ﬁshing guide Mike Ferris
said he lost about 25% of his business
by having Fishermen’s Bend closed last
summer. Overall, between the wildﬁres
and COVID-19 limits, he said he was
down 52% percent between 2020 and
2021.
“I’m really happy that it’s back open,”
he said. “It’s the beginning and end of a
lot of trips and without it, you’re kind of
stuck.”
While getting a boat on the river is the
biggest upside of the reopening, there
are also a few picnic tables around the
Fishermen's Bend Recreation Site reopened in a limited way following damage from the 2020 Labor Day Fires last week.
The boat ramp and a small day-use area opened, but the campground and most of the park remains closed. ZACH URNESS /
STATESMAN JOURNAL
boat ramp.
What’s next for the rest of the
park and campground?
What’s reopened now is a small frac-
tion of the park’s former glory. Huston
said the BLM is likely to rebuild the
campground, but it’s going to take
years.
He said they will likely start by ask-
ing for public input late in 2023.
“We committed to rebuilding the site,
but we don’t have any speciﬁc plans
yet,” Huston said.
While they haven’t put together plans
for a new campground, they have
cleaned up lots of old propane tanks and
other hazards throughout the park.
Miller
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at Silverton Reservoir & Marine Park.
Instead, free shuttle buses will have quarter-hourly
pickups and returns beginning at 8 a.m. with the last
bus leaving the lake at 3 p.m. Pick-up sites are: Roth’s
Fresh Markets, 918 N First St; Robert Frost Elementary
School, 201 Westﬁeld St.; Silver Falls Library, 410 S Wa-
ter St., and the Church of the Nazarene, 1130 S Water
Street.
The traditional separate event at the reservoir for
those with physical and mental challenges spearhead-
ed by the Silverton Lions Club has been folded into the
family event, Holowati said.
Because of that, the lone exception to the no-park-
ing restriction at the lake is for vans from group homes
and organizations for those with special needs.
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There are a few changes they’ll make
to the park. One they’ve already started
includes planting a greater variety of
native trees such as oak, cedar, maple,
cottonwood and ash. Previously, the
park was dominated by Douglas ﬁrs,
which Huston said he believed were all
planted there and were already dying
even before the ﬁre.
Another change they’ll make is bury-
ing all the powerlines throughout the
park. A small ﬁre sparked early in the
summer of 2020 by downed power lines
prompted evacuations. Later, the Labor
Day Fires were caused in some part by
downed power lines in the Santiam
Canyon.
Overall, Huston said, it could take
four to ﬁve years before major progress
Holowati asked that if you ﬁt into that category,
please call her in advance to let organizers know how
many are coming. Her number at Silverton Together is
(503) 873-0405.
WORK IN A REAL CLIP JOINT: Here’s your chance
to invest in the future of Oregon’s iconic Chinook
salmon, one snip at a time.
Nestucca Anglers, a non-proﬁt volunteer organiza-
tion, is looking for helping hands for its annual ﬁn-
clipping “party” on June 18 at Rhoades Pond on Three
Rivers east of Hebo.
A brief orientation and brieﬁng for ﬁrst-timers is
followed by the clipping of an adipose ﬁn from the
backs of each of the ﬁngerling-size salmon.
Nestucca Anglers annually raises 100,000 fall-run
Chinook salmon for release into Three Rivers and oth-
er sites in the drainage on the northern Oregon coast.
Salmon fry raised to the 6- to 7-inch release size are
supplied by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild-
life’s Cedar Creek Hatchery downriver from the pond.
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
A public meeting of the Mt. Angel Fire District will be held on June 9, 2022 at 8:00 __am X pm at 300 Monroe St, Mt. Angel, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 as approved by the Mt. Angel Fire District Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below. A
copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained at Mt. Angel Fire District, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or online at www.mtangelfire.org. This budget is for an X
annual __ biennial budget period. This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is X the same as __ different than the preceding year. If different, the major
changes and their effect on the budget are:
Contact: Kacie Wiesner
Telephone: 503-845-2438
TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS
Email: mafd@mtangelfire.org
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES
Actual Amount
Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital
Fees, Licenses, Permits, Fines, Assessments & Other Service Charges
Federal, State and all Other Grants, Gifts, Allocations and Donations
Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt
Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements
All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes
Current Year Property Taxes Estimated to be Received
Total Resources
is made in rebuilding a campground and
Fishermen’s Bend returning to some-
thing resembling the previous park.
“Fire is part of the ecosystem, it’s
meant to reset things and we’re going to
see that up close at Fishermen’s Bend,”
Huston said.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors re-
porter in Oregon for 15 years and is host
of the Explore Oregon Podcast. To sup-
port his work, subscribe to the States-
man Journal. 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 Twitter at
@ZachsORoutdoors.
This Year 2020-2021
731,200
0
218,895
0
50,000
140,831
524,255
1,665,181
Adopted Budget
This Year 2021-2022
828,067
0
50
0
100,025
95,289
500,188
1,523,619
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION
Personnel Services
260,259
239,796
Materials and Services
42,236
Capital Outlay
110,325
Debt Service
50,000
Interfund Transfers
0
Contingencies
0
Special Payments
962,565
Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure
1,665,181
Total Requirements
Approved Budget
Next Year 2022-2023
1,041,044
0
50
0
50,025
12,650
547,928
1,651,697
279,454
173,450
550,000
111,500
100,000
20,000
0
289,215
1,523,619
319,728
186,450
550,000
112,200
50,000
20,000
0
413,319
1,651,697
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM *
Name of Organizational Unit or Program
FTE for that unit or program
Fire & Emergency Services
FTE
542,291
3.50
1,002,904
3.5
1,056,178
3.50
FTE
With an accessible trail, ﬁshing platform and
bathroom, Silverton Reservoir and Marine Park is
offering a Free Fishing Weekend opportunity June 4,
2022 for those with special needs. HENRY MILLER/SPECIAL
FOR THE STATESMAN JOURNAL
Nestucca Anglers is one of the groups operating un-
der the umbrella of the department’s Salmon Trout
Enhancement Program with money for the operation
of Rhoades Pond coming from donations and grants.
Clipping the adipose ﬁn, the stub of ﬁsh ﬂesh just
behind the large dorsal ﬁn on the back of salmon,
marks the adult ﬁsh as being of hatchery-origin, which
allows an eager angler to keep it.
Snipping starts at 9 a.m. at the pond, which is about
5 and a half miles east of Hebo on Highway 22. To get
there from Salem, take Highway 22 west to Valley
Junction (the split of highways 18 to Lincoln City and
22 to Hebo). Veer right to continue on 22. Just after
passing Milepost 6, watch for the small sign on the
right for the turn to the pond.
The ﬁn-clipping party is a fun, educational, activity
for families, and volunteers get a free barbecue lunch,
raﬄes and prize drawings.
Not to mention the salmon-ﬁshing opportunities
that arrive a couple years down the road.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: I always come home
with my limit, almost always; it’s the limit on my pa-
tience.
Contact
Henry
via
email
at
HenryMillerSJ@gmail.com
FTE
FTE
Not Allocated to Organizational Unit or Program
FTE
Total Requirements
Total FTE
1,122,890
520,715
595,519
1,523,619
3.50
1,665,181
3.50
1,651,697
3.50
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FINANCING *
There have been no changes.
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES
Rate or Amount Imposed
Permanent Rate Levy
(rate limit 1.0146 per $1,000)
Local Option Levy
Levy For General Obligation Bonds
LONG TERM DEBT
Rate or Amount Imposed
This Year 2021-2022
1.0146/$1000
Next Year 2022-2023
1.0146/$1000
120,222
106,080
105,051
STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS
Estimated Debt Outstanding
on July 1.
$110,000
Due to the holiday,
our oﬃ ce hours and
obituary placement
times may vary.
Rate or Amount Approved
2020-2021
1.0146/$1000
Estimated Debt Authorized, But
Not Incurred on July 1
Please contact us at
503-399-6789 or
obituary@statesmanjournal.com
for further details.
General Obligation Bonds
Other Bonds
Other Borrowings
Total
* If more space is needed to complete any section of this form, insert lines (rows) on this sheet. You may delete blank lines.
150-504-073-2 (Rev. 02-14)
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