Lake Oswego Oregon, Day 48 of Lake Draw Down

The picture shows Lake Oswego's concept of "the great beach cleanup."  Our beach is the land or "beach" created by the retreating water. The Lake Corp dropped off orange colored bags for lake property owners to collect garbage the somehow ends up on the lake bottom. Last Saturday was the day we were to fill up our bags and leave our bags on the beach.  Volunteers are supposed to come by and pick up the bags this week.  I'm sure that the orange bag idea came from Oregon State grads who are by far more environmentally conscientious than those other colleges (who will remain unnamed).

FYI the bags to the left would be under 15+ ft. of water where they currently are.

Chao
Jeff

Lake Oswego Oregon, Day 32 of Lake Draw Down

Day 32 of Lake Oswego draw down.  The first pic is of Spring Brook.  Normally this area looks like a lake and not a "spring."  With no water in the lake, it now looks like a muddy spring going past the Spring Brook Easement.

The second pic is the end of the new road that they are building in the main lake.  It ends right in the area of wear Spring Brook dumps all it's sediment.  They will be dredging this area and taking many many dump truck loads down this new road.  I'll try to find out where the spoils will be dumped.  Everyone is asking me.  **One fun fact,  that last time they dredged Lake Oswego, they filled in the quarry where now Bridgeport Shopping Center sits.