Thursday was my first chance to take a look at the newly completed Van Buren Bridge across the Willamette River in Corvallis. It is a very handsome and useful bridge, not just for motorists but for walkers and people on bikes as well.
Guess what’s back again. It’s our old friend the logjam in the Willamette River under the Albany railroad bridge.
A mass of driftwood clogged the boat ramp at Albany’s Bowman Park over the last few weeks. But on Wednesday the logjam had been cleared away.
The floating dock at Albany’s Bowman Park looks in poor shape, but mostly it’s a seasonal problem that another period of high water in the Willamette River may help solve.
Here you find me on one of the Willamette River piers in Albany, where I stopped for a few remarks on my afternoon bike ride on Christmas Eve:
State regulators are inviting public comment on their proposed new Albany “water quality permit,” but they don’t tell us anything about the most important question: How much will this cost?
Low water on the river, but not the lowest
The Willamette River has been running kind of low lately. This is not unusual at this time in the summer, but the flow seems to be less than I remember in recent years.
Tags: Albany gauge, flow rate, Willamette River