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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
December 31, 2003
The Crooked River National Grassland is at the epicenter of Central Oregon's banana belt.
Around here, that means juniper and sagebrush instead of mangoes, papayas and plantains. Banana belt is a relative term.
Quite often (this week being the exception), the undulating plains and canyons north....