http://www.rogueawareness.com Updates about Oregon's Rogue River Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:48:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The board of the Oregon Whitewater Association recently met and the board has agreed to take the following position to help alleviate the crowded camping on the Rogue River: As the Board of Directors, we recognize there are vast and different opinions on this issue and have decided to keep the ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2009/02/oregon-whitewater-association-position/ Not much has happened on the campsite congestions problem. A couple outfitters have made proposals to the BLM and haven't heard anything back. I've also heard that several recreational boaters have sent proposals to the BLM to do nothing. It seems like not much will get done before the 2009 ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2009/02/campsites-update/ There has been quite a bit of talk about the outhouses. When we met with the BLM last month, we asked them if it would be possible to add more outhouses (idea suggested by NWRA members) and they said that would not be possible. They did say that some of ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/12/rogue-outhouses/ Everyone seems to be thinking about different ideas right now and a hybrid of Option A and Option B seems to be gaining steam. This would require a certain number of people to be in certain camps to claim them. The camps would be labeled with a marker denoting the ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/12/run-rogue-run/ I read this idea on a Yahoo discussion board posted by a private boater today and thought I'd add it for discussion. "I'd like to see a system that assigns a minimum group size to the medium and larger camps with a requirement that there must be at least the minimum ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/11/another-idea/ It seems that the debate comes down to what private users on the Rogue River want. I believe that there are many private users that want a reservation system. This comes from discussions I've had with private boaters at meetings and on the River. Not exactly scientific. I also hear ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/11/a-survey/ Larry from the Riverhawks commented on our proposed ideas. He asked some questions about the options presented in a previous post regarding campsite congestion solutions. Here are some answers. Which campsites are designated as "large"? Our original proposal designated 12 camps of the 28 large camps: Lower Whisky Creek, Doe Creek, Tyee, Lower Wildcat, Horseshoe ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/11/answers-to-some-questions-about-campsite-reservations/ The purpose of this site is to post information important to the Rogue River. We've been working on solving the campsite congestion problem and have received way too many people to be to be updated by email to effectively manage. This is a tool to help with that. You can put ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/11/how-to-stay-in-the-loop/ PROPOSAL FOR REDUCING CAMPSITE CONFLICTS AND ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR RABBIT BOATING ON THE WILD SECTION OF THE ROGUE RIVER PROBLEM – Large float groups on the Rogue River have a limited number of appropriately sized sites where they can camp. These sites are often occupied by smaller groups which results ... http://www.rogueawareness.com/2008/11/hello-world/