This week’s photo, shows the Covington fish wheel, near Three-Mile Rapids, according to a museum record. As noted by reader and historian Marylin Urness, fish wheels were outlawed in 1934, and the presence of cottonwood trees in the background makes the exact location a little mysterious.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife media release
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Free news, online only: Fall Chinook fishing will be closed from the Hwy 730 bridge upstream to Threemile Dam in the Umatilla River from Sept. 22 through Nov. 30.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife media release
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Free news: Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added more recreational spring Chinook fishing days on the mainstem Columbia during a joint state hearing June 3.
Free news: This free presentation will be held at Working Hands, 1021 12th St., Hood River, on Tuesday, March 31 at 6 p.m. Questions to admin@hoodriverwatershed.org.
FREE NEWS: The Trout Lake Community Council is hosting a forum on Oct. 7 beginning at 6 p.m. to provide information regarding the November election, when voters will decide whether to join the White Salmon Valley Pool Metropolitan Park District.
Guest speakers for “Embrace the Wild Wind” were interviewed by KPTV at History Museum of Hood River County earlier this month; Gorge Grown Food Network is celebrating National Farmers Market Week from Aug. 3-9; and The Port of Hood River Foundation is seeking community leaders to join the board of this newly formed nonprofit.
