While the public trust doctrine at common law placed effective limitations on the Crown, these limitations have been somewhat obscured by state court decisions in the United States. Though some courts have suggested that the public trust places limitations or the power of the legislature to convey lands beneath navigable...
Sometime ago, the Division of State Lands, working with funds provided by the United States Government, under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971, performed a study and analysis of the ownership of submersible lands (tidelands) in each of Oregon's major estuaries. The results of our study are contained in this...
This document includes the mapping of all the major Oregon Estuaries. In addition to the maps there are aerial photographs of each area and information concerning the estuaries.
1. The Indians at Celilo Falls catch an average of over 2,600,000 pounds of fish each year, in dip nets in a manner very much the same as used by their ancestors. 2. The bulk of the fish caught at Celilo Falls is from the upriver fall run of chinook...
The Crook County Wildfire Protection Plan documents the community planning process in Crook County and includes the following components:
-- Background information on the Community Wildfire Protection Plan purpose and process, community profile information and fire behavior in Crook County;
-- Risk assessment of communities and critical infrastructure;
-- Recommendations...