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RIVER APPRECIATION DAY

Steamboat Ball Field

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Date: July 16, 2022
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Steamboat Ball Field
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Join us Saturday July 16, 2022 at Steamboat Ball Field

We have reserved Steamboat Ball Field for camping and events. Hiking, fishing, swimming, games, music, and food are planned.

There is no drinking water or electricity at the facility so plan accordingly.

More information on Steamboat Ball Field.

We are planning for a tour of restoration work along the Rock Creek drainage in the Archie Creek Fire area as well by a federal fish biologist.

RIVER APPRECIATION DAY

Saturday, July 16th, 2022 is River Appreciation day in Oregon. It began in Roseburg in 1987 by local community members concerned about the condition and the future of the Umpqua River. In the past, annual celebrations have featured music, dancing, and good food somewhere along a part of the local river.

In 1987 Roseburg built a new $12 million dollar sewage treatment plant. There were not enough funds left to incorporate a backup generator.  Sure, enough several power outages soon occurred and sewage was spilled into the river. Concerned citizens protested these events and the chastened city managed to find a surplus government generator. The spills were over.

The activists decided to celebrate the river’s values in a positive way and held a music and entertainment festival at River Forks Park. It is repeated each year around the county. We are all most fortunate to have such excellent rivers around us.

In 2019, our event was at Whistler’s Bend Park in Douglas County Oregon