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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
December 29, 2006
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, the undulating plains and canyons north of Redmond are snow-free while....