community
may4
2017
Columbia County’s
Big Eddy Park Closes Temporarily
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express how grateful we are for his help.”
Some of the wood from the trees will
be split and sold to campers and chipped for
use on trails. Excess wood may go to local
non-profit organizations to be distributed to
families in need.
Park managers say Big Eddy, which
also offers a boat launch for kayaking, canoe-
ing and fishing, hot showers, and a camp host
during the summer, is busiest from Memorial
Day through Labor Day.
Removal of rotting, dead trees will
make park and camp areas safer,
brighter
Columbia County’s Big Eddy Park
near Vernonia will be closed from May 14 to
22 for tree removal.
Casey Garret, General Services Direc-
tor, said about 14 large dead or rotting trees
located throughout the park have a high proba-
bility of falling on surrounding
structures, campsites and trails.
“These are hazard trees and
need to be removed for safety
and liability reasons,” he said.
The 8.5-acre park is
located seven miles north of
Vernonia off State Hwy. 47 and
along the Nehalem River. With
RV hook ups, tent camping,
walking trails and river access,
Big Eddy is one of the county’s
most popular areas.
“This will be a big im-
provement for the park aesthet-
ically,” said Garrett. “Camp-
ers not only will be safer, but
they’ll also have more sunlight
during the day and star gazing opportunities at
night.”
There’s another big benefit for the
county and its residents. Local logger Archie
Dass has volunteered to remove the trees at
no cost as a service to the community. “We
received a quote for about $5,000 from another
company to fall the trees, and that included
no clean-up,” Garrett said. “Archie’s support
and expertise are a blessing, and I can’t
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people that submitted a correct
guess for the photo in our April
6 issue. Donna named the
logger carving in front of the
Vernonia Pioneer Museum,
was randomly picked from all
the correct guesses, and will
receive a $10 gift certificate to
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“We’re sorry for having to close the
entire park during this time,” Garrett said, “but
our next closest parks will be open for those
who might be inconvenienced.”
Garret said Camp Wilkerson, about
five miles away is another wooded, rural park,
though it has no RV hookups. The closest full-
service county park is Hudson-Parcher Park
on Larson Road, in Rainier, about 40 minutes
away.
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