Category Archives: on the river

MRGA MEETING TO EVALUATE 2018 HATCHERY TROUT PROGRAM

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ALL MRGA:

Please mark your calendars for Sept. 6, 2018, 7:00-9:00 PM McKenzie Fire and Rescue Community Room in Leaburg for a meeting to evaluate this year’s McKenzie hatchery trout program. We will have an open discussion of individual members’ experiences with emphasis on numbers of fish, size of fish, fish catchability, fish quality, fishing experience quality, client responses and recommendations for the future.

We’ll record your input and condense it to letter form to be directed to responsible parties. Our input to ACOE needs to be before 9/15 in order to be timely.

If you cannot attend please send me your comments by e-mail so they can be included in our correspondence.

Steve Mealey
President
stevemealey@msn.com

Leroy Pruitt

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REPOST FROM SHELLY PRUITT
Facebook
July 1, 2018

We all lost a great man yesterday. Leroy Pruitt, Christian, Father, husband and my best friend. He was peaceful, kind and loving to those he cared for. For over 29 years we were married. We always talked, listened and respected each other. Worked hard and had fun. He paved the way for a lot of people to create a life they loved in the outdoors, myself included, a fisherman, horseman and “Real life Cowboy” he lived life to the fullest and on his own terms but never had regrets nor treated people with out respect, not always agreeing with their point of view, but giving them the respect to disagree. Many people ask me why I would marry a man 30 years older than me, he brought me to Jesus and I learned that life is eternal so years didn’t matter. Love is love. That is what we knew love. He prepared me for today, we talked and listened to each other , still a hard day, but in time things will work out. I will just “cowgirl up” and move forward as I promised him. Roy didn’t want any kind of service, if the family decides to for once over ride his desires we’ll let you know.

Tree In the River below Forest Glen Landing

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Darren Bucich, McKenzie Fire and Rescue notified us that a tree has just fallen across the McKenzie a few hundred yards below the Forest Glen Landing. Tim Chase, Lane County Search and Rescue is looking things over there on the river and will advise.
Update:June 29 1:15
The ramp is still open. Lane Counth will be posting warning signs. One tree down blocking 80% of the river leaving an opening to get through that is on river left.
A McKenzie Fire and Rescue staff member did witness a drift boat and large raft make it through.

Also there are two more smaller trees down a little further down, river left is the passage through these as well.
Caution should prevail and the river just below Forest Glen considered blocked and dangerous.