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November 4, 2011

River changing daily after Condit Dam breach

  • The lower White Salmon River is laced with woody debris since the 125-foot-tall dam was breached last week.
    • By ALLEN THOMAS
    The Columbian

    VANCOUVER — The lower White Salmon River is laced with woody debris that “look like shish kebabs facing upstream ready to spear you,” said the rafting guide who on Wednesday made the first trip down the stream since the breaching of Condit Dam.

    “They are scary looking,” said Mark Zoller, owner of Zoller's Outdoor Odysseys, a rafting company based in BZ Corner. “They are a kayaker's nightmare.”


     
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