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Though dead in the House, Newberg Pool legislation is still alive in Senate April 29 2021 The bill would add 4,000-pound weight limit to wake boats in Willamette River near Wilsonville Legislation that would limit the size of wake boats to 4,000 pounds or less in the Newberg Pool portion of the Willamette River (from roughly West Linn to Newberg) floundered in the Oregon House of Representatives. And yet, a bill that would serve the same function is still alive in the Oregon Senate. The bill, Senate Bill 857, is sponsored by State Sen. Bill Kennemer, R-Canby, who lives along the ...
Sounding off on the Newberg Pool April 01 2021 The onus should be on the wake boat industry and boat owners to provide evidence that their wakes/waves somehow defy the laws of physics. I attended the recent Oregon legislative committee meeting about the proposed bills directed toward reducing the environmental impact of wake sport boats. I found the arguments against further restricting wake sport boats during that meeting and reported in the follow up article, "Public, legislators sound off on Newberg Pool," to be less than compelling. Wake boaters say, "There haven't been any st...
Pending legislation could push area boaters off the Willamette March 04 2021 Proposed bills would restrict towing sports, including in the popular Newberg Pool section of the river Oregon House Bill 2555 is directly tied to a 20-mile stretch of the Willamette River, but if passed, its ripple effects could be felt as far as Hagg Lake in rural Washington County. The proposed legislation is aimed at the Newberg Pool and would restrict towing — people on wakeboards, wake surfers and inner tubes to name a few — to boats not exceeding 4,000 pounds. The Newberg Pool is the part of t...