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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 20 > River rights may get clearer

River rights may get clearer

But local river users fear state efforts to ease conflicts over access could favor landowners

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
September 20, 2009

SALEM — The tension between private property rights and public access along Oregon’s rivers and streams has long been a hot topic for Central Oregon riverfront landowners, outdoor-oriented businesses and recreational river users.

Thanks to a general murkiness in state law, conflicts between....

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