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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Time to check on Bowers Rock State Park

Written October 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Here it is October already, and I had not taken my annual bicycle ride to Bowers Rock State Park. On Sunday I finally did.


Road request in nature area is blocked

Written January 15th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

A land owner’s plan for a road through a southwest Albany nature area to access his landlocked property along the Calapooia River is dead, for now anyway.


Request: Road in Oak Creek nature area

Written November 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

The Albany City Council has been asked to allow construction of an access road through a designated nature area and the Oak Creek Trail on the southwest side of town.


 
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