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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ NOVEMBER 5, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Camping sites for total eclipse opening soon
S PORTS
Calendar
Winter sports
openers:
Nov. 30
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HOSTS
C RESWELL
6 P . M .
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HOSTS
C RESWELL
7:30 P . M .
Dec. 1
• SHS WRESTLING
HOSTS
R EEDSPORT
6 P . M .
Beginning Thursday, Nov. 17, state
park campers can make reservations
for campsites, yurts and cabins to
enjoy the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar
eclipse.
The normal advance campsite reser-
vation window opens nine months
before the first night of a visitor’s stay,
but a temporary change to the reserva-
tion system will affect people who
want to make a 14-night reservation,
the maximum allowed in Oregon’s
State Park system.
The state park system accepts reser-
vations nine months in advance, but it
would normally be possible to get a
reservation for Aug. 21 by booking the
maximum 14-night stay on Nov. 17,
2016.
Given the expected high demand for
sites around the eclipse, and to prevent
overbooking that could interfere with
The eclipse will
begin at 9 a.m.
and end at
11:30 a.m. on
Aug. 21, 2017.
other visitors’ summer vacation plans,
state parks along and near the eclipse
path will not accept reservations for
Aug. 17-21, until Nov. 17.
This is 10 days after OPRD’s stan-
dard rolling nine-month reservation
window would normally allow a
camper to make a long reservation.
On Nov. 17, the normal rolling nine-
month window will resume for all sites
that accept reservations at parks along
and near the eclipse path.
“We made this change to accommo-
date all visitors, both those planning
for the eclipse and those who are plan-
ning an unrelated camping trip,” said
Chris Havel, OPRD spokesperson.
“We encourage eclipse campers to
extend their stay with us for a day or
more before and after the eclipse to
reduce the congestion on the roads.”
The Nov. 17 reservation opening
date applies to the following camp-
grounds inside the path of totality:
Devil’s Lake, Beverly Beach, South
Beach, Silver Falls, Detroit Lake, The
Cove Palisades and Farewell Bend.
Campgrounds that are up to 30
miles outside the path of totality are
also affected by the temporary change
to reservation rules: Beachside, Cape
Lookout, Washburne (yurts only),
Honeyman, Nehalem Bay, Stub
Stewart, Champoeg, Milo McIver,
Ainsworth, Memaloose, Viento,
Deschutes River, Tumalo, LaPine,
Prineville Reservoir, Lake Owyhee
and Wallowa Lake.
OPRD is making plans to temporar-
ily convert first-come, first-served
state park campgrounds to reservation-
only for the eclipse, so additional
campsites will be made available at a
later date.
“We are also working on ways to
open more state park areas to camping
for the event,” Havel said. “We want to
make sure people can make solid plans
well in advance to avoid congestion.”
Customers can make reservations
for any stay that includes Aug. 17-21
beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 17 at
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ECLIPSE 3B
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T IDE T ABLE
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
Entrance Siuslaw River
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
High Tide
Low Tide
Nov. 5
5:38am / 5.3
4:32pm/ 5.9
10:59am / 3.0
11:47pm/ 0.5
Nov. 6
5:33am / 5.2
4:26pm/ 5.6
Nov. 7
6:31am / 5.3
5:35pm/ 5.3
MID COAST LAKES:
Rainbow trout stocking
is complete along the mid
coast. Holdover trout will
be available in most lakes.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
will slow as water tempera-
tures cool. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity.
10:59am / 3.1
11:40pm/ 0.7
12:12am / 3.0
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Nov. 8
7:28am / 5.6
6:54pm / 5.2
12:40am / 0.8
1:29pm / 2.7
Nov. 9
8:18am / 5.4
8:11pm/ 5.3
1:41am / 0.9
2:37pm/ 2.1
Nov. 10
9:05am/ 6.4
9:21pm/ 5.6
2:39am/ 0.1
3:35pm/ 1.3
Nov. 11
9:48am / 6.3
10:23pm/ 6.0
3:33am / 1.0
4:27pm/ 0.5
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
V IKS AT STATE
XC TODAY
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
After finishing second at last
week’s Far West League district
meet, the Lady Vikings cross
country team will be on the course
at Lane Community College in
Eugene today, running for a shot at
retaining the 4A state title.
For Viking senior Celie Mans,
who won the league title again this
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STATE 3B
The Viking girls team will be running for
a chance at the 4A crown, including
Kaeli Ramos (top left) and Destinie
Tatum (top right), and Jack Pickell
(above) running solo for the Siuslaw
boys.
Chinook
The Siuslaw River and
bay is open for Chinook
salmon. Fishing is slow.
Fish are throughout the bay
and river. Trolling herring
in the lower bay is an
effective technique. Eggs
and bobber can be produc-
tive in the upper bay and
river as the season pro-
gresses.
ALSEA RIVER: Chinook
The Alsea River and bay
is open for Chinook
salmon. Fishing is slow.
Fish are throughout the bay
and river. Eggs and bobber
can be productive in the
upper bay and river as the
season progresses.
Steelhead fishing opens
on the Alsea River Nov.1
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FISHING 3B
Fishery managers reopen Columbia to coho, steelhead angling
148 Maple St.
Florence, OR
97439
Recreational coho salmon and steel-
head fishing reopened at 12:01 a.m.
this morning on the mainstem
Columbia River from the mouth at
Buoy 10 upstream to the Highway 395
Bridge at Pasco Wash., under rules
adopted Thursday by fishery managers
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Fishery managers opted to reopen
the coho and steelhead fisheries,
which were closed along with
Chinook salmon retention on Oct. 22
to allow wild Snake River Chinook to
move upstream.
Recent fish passage data at
Bonneville and Ice Harbor dams indi-
cate the Chinook migration is now
essentially complete.
Chinook retention remains closed
through Dec. 31.
The Columbia River coho and steel-
head fisheries are expected to proceed
without any significant impact on
remaining Chinook returns.
The bag limit under the new rules is
up to two adult salmonids, and may
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