Spending a day on the river? It’s at your own risk

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
July 30, 2009

Old Mill District developer Bill Smith remembers a time when nobody floated down the Deschutes River by Farewell Bend Park. “Everything you could imagine, from picnic tables to chairs, (would come down the river),” Smith said.

Trash would come from the campgrounds upstream....

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