•“It's
legal to manually manipulate woody debris on rivers--that doesn't include chain saws, but does allow crosscut
saws, z-drags, ropes or however you can move something via pure muscle or mechanical advantage. So, if managing agencies say
"NO" to manually manipulating woody debris, it's BS and simple intimidation.
Besides, studies
have shown that cross-river tree falls do not improve the fish & wildlife habitat, but tree falls
along the banks do improve fish and wildlife habitat--even on the Metolius.”
• quote
was posted to the PNWwhitewater yahoogroup on 1/28/07