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Archive Home > 2007 > March > 28 > Illegal activities are damaging 'our backyard'

Illegal activities are damaging 'our backyard'

With warmer weather, officials and volunteers report increases in dumping, off-road traffic and vandalism

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 28, 2007

Among the sagebrush in the 640-acre parcel just east of Bend, there was new topography on the flat landscape when Shawn Zumwalt checked about a month ago.

People had dug deep pits in one section of the parcel, owned by the Department of State Lands, and piled up the dirt to use as bike....

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