Appeal Tribune
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2022 | 1B
OUTDOORS
Fishing
Henry Miller
Guest columnist
Retirement 2.0
This time, I’m leaving the notebook at home
A
s they used to say at the circus, it’s time to clean
out the cages and roll up the tents. h Consider this
retirement column 2.0. h Memorial Day is my
birthday, and a chance to reflect on the fact that
it’s a few months shy of spending half of my life at the States-
man Journal. h Not my working life in newspapering; that
would add another decade and change. No, it’s been half of my
entire life. h My decision to walk away from writing a regular
weekly column for the SJ is something of a selfish decision. h
It means I can go fishing, camping, hiking and backpacking
without having to lug the Nikon, my digital recorder, a note-
book and a mechanica h l pencil. h Note to aspiring outdoor
scribblers: Pens run when it’s wet. See MILLER, Page 2B
xThe camera, notepad, mechanical pencil and digital recorder will be
home, but the adventures continue.
wIt’s been a sweet ride for more than three decades for this outdoor
columnist. PHOTOS BY HENRY MILLER / SPECIAL TO THE STATESMAN JOURNAL
Oregon campground reservations canceled by snow
Zach Urness
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
Late-season snow has delayed the
opening of numerous campgrounds
across Oregon’s mountains, leading to
the cancelation of reservations for hun-
dreds of Oregonians this Memorial Day
Weekend.
At least 24 campgrounds — and likely
more — had to delay openings and can-
cel reservations from Central Oregon to
Mount Hood, officials said.
Many campers reported getting an
alert from the website Recreation.gov
that their reservation had been can-
celed due to “weather.” But most also re-
ported getting a full refund.
The largest spate of cancelations was
in Central Oregon’s Deschutes National
Forest, where 21 campgrounds from
Crescent Lake to Three Creek Meadow
saw delayed openings.
In addition, three campgrounds near
Mount Hood — Trillium Lake, Still Creek
and Frog Lake — also were delayed until
roughly June 10.
(See full list of known delayed camp-
grounds below)
The snow has stopped campground
managers from conducting work such
as safety inspections, maintenance and
repairs, and hazard tree removal within
campgrounds, officials said.
Thanks to a cool and wet April and
May, Oregon’s snowpack is well above
average. Oregon’s northern Cascade
Range has a snowpack that is 151 to 266
percent of normal.
“In many cases, access roads to
campgrounds remain impassable and
campgrounds themselves are still under
snow. While some areas have very re-
cently melted out, the short timeframe
has not provided enough time for criti-
cal safety work to be completed ahead
of the Memorial Day weekend,” said
Jean Nelson-Dean, spokeswoman for
Deschutes National Forest.
Most lower elevation campgrounds
— such as those in the Cascade Foot-
See SNOW, Page 2B
The entrance to Frog Lake Campground in Mount Hood National Forest remains
impassable due to late season snow. USFS