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May 17, 2018

Oregon group wants to reuse land idled for 50 years

By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian

PENDLETON, Ore. — Fifty years ago, construction of the John Day Lock and Dam east of The Dalles changed the city of Umatilla forever.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, acting on flood predictions, acquired the city's land along the banks of the Columbia River, requiring everyone north of Fifth Street to move to higher ground. Much of the site never did flood, but the Army Corps of Engineers still owns hundreds of acres of land within Umatilla's urban growth boundary.


 
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