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Earlier this week the Oregon State Land Board declared the John Day River a state-owned navigable waterway. While this is good news for recreational users, it could add new fuel to efforts to pass a statewide solution to navigabiliity that could turn out to be a bad deal for all who use Oregon's rivers.

American Whitewater has learned that Oregon is moving forward on determining whether the John Day River is navigable. The timing of this announcement is important as it comes on the heels of an effort by a handful of legislators to do an end run on the navigability issue under Senate Bill 293, and on the heels of the successful navigability determination on the Sandy.