John Day River

• DSL initiates navigability study

• DSL collects and analyzes historical use data
• DSL prepares “Draft Navigability Study”

• “Draft Navigability Study” made available for public review and comment
• Public hearings in Fossil on Tuesday, June 22

• DSL analyzes public input received
• DSL prepares:

• Summary of public input received
• Prepare “Draft Navigability Study”
• Prepare revised draft findings and conclusions

• “Draft Navigability Report” made available for public review and comment

• 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

• DSL analyzes public input and prepares “Final Navigability Report”

• “Final Navigability Report” made available for public review and comment

• 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

• Oregon Court of Appeals Decision concerning River Miles 21 and 135

• Land Board declares John Day River navigable