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Above Photo: Paddling The Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Photo by Bill Reynolds via Flickr CC2.
You’ve probably heard of House Bill 2982—you know, the one that would have required a permit just to tie two inner tubes together and float them in the water. We wrote about it previously along with other news outlets, and as soon as that news broke, the backlash was immediate, and officials scrambled to clarify what the new Waterway Access Permit actually covered. The Oregon State Marine Board quickly walked back the inner tube example, saying the permit wouldn’t apply in that case after all. But the damage was done. The
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