River Managers Discuss Common Pool Permit System on Deschutes (OR)

posted November 14, 2002
by Jason Robertson

Sherar's Falls by Nick Borelli
November 14th, 2002 - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) river managers are meeting today to discuss the future implementation of new permits on Oregon's Lower Deschutes River. The proposed permit system is becoming controversial as outfitters fear the precedent of seeing the nation's first "Common Pool" permit system being implemented by a federal agency to manage recreational river use.

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