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Archive Home > 2005 > April > 22 > Myers: Public may use banks of many rivers

Myers: Public may use banks of many rivers

Opinion may allow landowners, recreationists to avoid disputes

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
April 22, 2005

SALEM - A sweeping state legal opinion released Thursday says the public has the right to fish and go ashore along any of Oregon's floatable rivers up to the high-water mark, no matter who owns the riverfront property.

In many respects, the findings by Attorney General Hardy Myers treat the....

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