Bill Jordens, Witt Anderson, Murray Johnson, Curt Peterson, Kendall Springer, Ken Keating, Chad Price, Alex McNeily, Audrey Bergsma and I all braved the snow, the rain, and the hail to have a perfectly wonderful day on the Kilchis. It was flowing at a great level. Apparently when the Wilson is slowing dropping (2500 to 2450 [...]
The Butte Creek gauge we use is an algorithm done by Pat Welch, so it’s not an exact reading. On the morning of Feb 18, I checked the gauge and it was 270 and rising. The Molalla, another good reference point was also 1800 and rising. Seemed like good conditions for a run of Butte [...]
This year’s Sweetheart Paddle was another sweet paddle on the Nehalem River from Vernonia to Big Eddy. The gauge was at 199 cfs, but that’s enough to float your boat and average about 5 MPH on the river. Seventeen LCCC members showed their love of rivers, the outdoors and Mary Ann’s chocolate gluten-free cookies. A [...]
