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(July 18, 2015, 1:08 pm) SALEM, Ore Cold water fishery restrictions start today
2015 is going to be a year for the record books. We had a very low snowpack this past winter, survived our first major heat wave of the summer, and it’s only-mid July. During fleet week in Portland last month, the ships had to anchor toward the middle of the river, just to stay off the bottom.
(May 22, 2015, 2:54 pm) SALEM, Ore Oregon has almost doubled the number of drought declarations made than in 2014.(Video)
Governor Kate Brown today declared drought emergencies in eight additional Oregon counties due to drought, low snow pack levels, and low water conditions. The new counties are Deschutes, Grant, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Morrow, Umatilla, and Wasco.