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November 2003
- DSL initiates navigability study
January-April 2004
- DSL collects and analyzes historical use data
- DSL prepares “Draft Navigability Study”
June 2004
- “Draft Navigability Study” made available for public review and comment
- Public hearings in Fossil on Tuesday, June 22
May-October 2004
- DSL analyzes public input received
- DSL prepares:
- Summary of public input received
- Prepare “Draft Navigability Study”
- Prepare revised draft findings and conclusions
November 2004
- “Draft Navigability Report” made available for public review and comment
December 2004
- State Land Board meeting at which DSL presented:
- Draft findings and conclusions
- “Draft Navigability Report”
- Summary of public input received
Public given an opportunity to comment
- Public comment period
December 2004-February 2005
- DSL analyzes public input and prepares “Final Navigability Report”
March 2005
- “Final Navigability Report” made available for public review and comment
April 2005
- State Land Board voted to defer assertion of ownership claim to John Day River from River Mile 10-184 pending release of an Attorney General Opinion.
- Oregon Attorney General issues opinion outlining state ownership and public use rights for waterways
May 2005
- Oregon Court of Appeals Decision concerning River Miles 21 and 135
June 2005
- Land Board declares John Day River navigable
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