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	VDGIF > Fishing > Lakes > Sandy Reservoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sandy River Reservoir is a 740-acre water supply impoundment located slightly east of the town of Farmville in Prince Edward County.
		Sandy River Reservoir is one of the newest lakes in Virginia with construction completed in 1994 and fishing opened in 1996.
		Sandy River Reservoir is a beautiful resource located in the rolling hills of the piedmont in south-central Virginia.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /fishing/lakes/sandy_reservoir (225 words)

	Big Sandy River (Kentucky-West Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 28.79 mi (43 km) long, in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States.
		Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
		The river is navigable and carries commercial shipping, primarily coal mined in the immediate region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Sandy_River_(Kentucky-West_Virginia) (252 words)

	About the City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sandy's first settlers, the Francis Revenue family, arrived in 1853 and soon opened a trading post here on the Barlow Road and served many of the thousands of pioneers who traveled through on their way to the Willamette Valley.
		Sandy's first Post Office was established in 1873 and the village became an incorporated city in 1913.
		Sandy was named for the nearby Sandy River which was originally identified as the "Quicksand River" by Lewis and Clark; however, the name "Quicksand" gradually evolved into "Sandy.
	www.ci.sandy.or.us /main/main.html (271 words)

	Sandy River, Oregon
		The headwaters are beneath Reid and Sandy Glaciers at 6000 feet elevation.
		As the river leaves the steep slope of the mountain it crosses recent volcanic mudflows and the gradient decreases.
		The canyon's residents have fiercely guarded the Sandy River's ecology.
	www.flyfishusa.com /about-our-waters/sandy-river/sandy-home/sandyrb.html (613 words)

	"Sandy River, Oregon - Great Rivers - Angler's OnLine"
		At the mouth of the Sandy River, the Columbia River is still tidal.
		The Sandy River is a geological product of the same dramatic forces that shaped the rest of the West Coast of North America.
		Sandy Glacier is the largest of these permanent ice fields and the Sandy is the largest of the Mt. Hood rivers.
	flyanglersonline.com /features/greatrivers/sandy (1546 words)

	Big Sandy River Basin
		Terrain in the river basin is steep and undulating and is characterized by unproductive soils.
		For the Big Sandy River Basin, the Target and Assess modules were used to summarize pollutant information for the two 8-digit hydrologic units that are within Virginia: 05070201 (Tug) and 05070202 (Upper Levisa) as shown in Figure 4.
		For the Big Sandy River Basin, it is important to measure the background contamination level of calcium and magnesium minerals as well as that of metals and acids, and to collect thorough geologic and hydrologic data.
	kywater.org /bsr/BSR_REPORT.HTM (4957 words)

	Western Rivers Conservancy ~ Campaigns: Oregon
		Western Rivers Conservancy is working to create a wild river refuge in Portland, Oregon's very backyard along the middle Sandy River and Little Sandy River.
		The Sandy River is a natural treasure on Portland's eastern edge, linking the glaciers of Mt. Hood with the Columbia River.
		Western Rivers Conservancy's commitment is to acquire an additional 3,000 acres of private lands in order to assemble continuous river corridors along thirteen miles of the Sandy River and four miles of the Little Sandy.
	www.westernrivers.org /camp_or_sandy.html (389 words)

	EAST OF SANDY RIVER RURAL AREA PLAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The East of Sandy River Rural Area is generally characterized by natural and commercial timber forests over the vast majority of its area, much of which is within the Mt. Hood National Forest.
		METRO is not proposing to consider extensions of the urban growth boundary to areas east of the Sandy River.
		The remaining land within the East of Sandy River is defined as either secondary wildlife habitat (mixed forest and agriculture areas) or impacted wildlife habitat (rural residential and agricultural areas).
	www.co.multnomah.or.us /dbcs/LUT/land_use/EastSandy/ES_RAP.html (12750 words)

	Encyclopedia: Big Sandy River
		The Big Sandy River, a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia and Kentucky in the United States.
		The Big Sandy River, a tributary of the Tennessee River in Tennessee in the United States
		The Big Sandy River, a tributary of the Green River in Wyoming.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Big-Sandy-River (174 words)

	Oregon - Sandy River Gorge
		At Sandy River Gorge, six miles of untamed river with upland terraces and canyons provide excellent habitat for native fish, wildlife and an old-growth forest, all within 20 miles of Oregon's largest urban area.
		The Sandy River's cold waters originate in the snowfields of Mt. Hood.
		The Sandy River Gorge is the last undeveloped western Oregon river near a metropolitan area.
	nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/oregon/preserves/art6807.html (499 words)

	Sandy River Lodge @ The Fly Shop® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Sandy River is a one of a kind waterway with strong uninhibited runs of Chinook and Coho Salmon, as well as a wild steelhead run like no other.
		Estimated river counts on the Sandy River put the Silver Salmon somewhere in the range of 8,000, although some years runs have exceeded 10,000.
		The Sandy River is situated in about as remote and wild environment as any operation as we have ever worked with.
	www.flyfishingtravel.com /sandy.htm (2404 words)

	Chinook fishing in Oregon's Sandy River, by Mark Bachmann
		Because of the Sandy's lack of human degradation, it may be the most valuable steelhead and Chinook river in the Columbia River basin.
		At the mouth of the Sandy River, the Columbia River is tidal.
		As the river leaves the steep slope of the mountain, it crosses recent volcanic mud flows and the gradient decreases.
	www.flyfisherman.com /northwest/mbsandyriver (914 words)

	sandyboats
		When Jenny Wiley was rafted across the Big Sandy River by Henry Skaggs in 1790, the main means of transportation in the Big Sandy Valley was by saddle horse over Indian trails or pushboat on the river.
		Since the river was at flood stage, Judge Borders and the boat's captain protested that the trip was too dangerous to undertake.
		The last batwing steamer to operate on the river, she was lost near Whitehouse when her hull was crushed by ice.
	www.geocities.com /rlperry.geo/sandyboats.html (2397 words)

	Maine Local Government - Plantation of Sandy River Plt - Main Page
		Sandy River is a plantation in Franklin County, organized for the last time on March 23, 1905, after being organized for election purposes in 1859.
		About 35 miles northwest of Farmington on Maine Route 4, just south of Rangeley, the community marks the source of the Sandy River in the Sandy Rover Ponds at the south end of the township.
		Access is by the Appalachian Trail off Route 17 in Township D or Route 4 in Sandy River.
	www.state.me.us /local/franklin/sandy_river_plt (145 words)

	CVO Website - Cameron and Pringle, 1986, Post-Glacial Lahars of the Sandy River Basin, Mount Hood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Post-Glacial Lahars of the Sandy River Basin, Mount Hood, Oregon
		The Timberline eruptive period occurred between 1400 and 1800 years B.P. It was by far the most voluminous of the three periods, producing enough clastic debris to bury the glacial topography of the southwest face of the mountain beneath a smooth debris fan.
		The lahars were confined to river basins originating on the southwest flank of the mountain.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/Hood/RiverDrainages/SandyRiver/CameronPringle/abstract_intro.html (573 words)

	The Daily News - Sandy River hatchery switches to native fish stocks
		Muck, a fish biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's North Willamette Watershed District office in Clackamas, was standing mid-river on a steel-and wooden bridge that spans the Sandy next to the dam.
		Sandy River Hatchery collects about 1.2 million eggs a year, including about 300,000 spring chinook, 160,000 winter-run steelhead and 700,000 coho salmon.
		During the run-up to the removal of Marmot Dam, hatchery sorters are keeping native Sandy River fish and removing the remnants of Big Creek and Eagle Creek hatchery strains that remain in the river.
	www.tdn.com /articles/2003/01/03/this_day/news03.prt (729 words)

	ESPN Outdoors -- Sandy River open to drift boat steelheading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As of Jan. 1, you'll be able to boat-fish a stretch of the lower Sandy River you previously couldn't.
		Fishermen in the lower river are targeting steelhead that are on the move, since they rarely start to hold until they reach faster water up by Oxbow.
		Jig and bobber is increasingly popular on the river, and guides such as Glass are finding this method to be incredibly effective for fishing the slot-like holes on the river.
	www.espn.go.com /outdoors/fishing/s/f_map_05_OR_Sandy_River.html (1201 words)

	OWEB Grant Application - Sandy River Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As you know, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has awarded the City of Sandy a grant of $250,000 toward the purchase of property owned by Ray Schoppert for the "Sandy River Park." The estimated purchase price was $400,000, and it was our hope that we could find additional resources to cover the $150,000 gap.
		One of the conditions of the state grant was that we provide public access to the river (this could be via a hiking trail).
		The River Conservancy is preparing the grant application to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) and we should provide a letter of support.
	www.ci.sandy.or.us /council/5_20_02/oweb_grant_application.htm (300 words)

	Sandy River Spring Chinook Salmon Used to Develop Native Hatchery Broodstock
		SANDY – Over the next five years, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will convert its Sandy River spring chinook salmon hatchery program to a native Sandy River salmon stock.
		"Now we are switching to a Sandy River stock, which will improve the return rate, reduce genetic impacts if hatchery fish spawn with wild fish, and better meet the goals of the Oregon Plan." The Oregon Plan is the state's plan for salmon recovery and watershed health.
		So Sandy Hatchery staff are capturing wild adult spring chinook at the fish ladder to develop a native Sandy River hatchery stock.
	www.dfw.state.or.us /public/NewsArc/2002News/October/100802news.htm (429 words)

	Sandy River, Lower: Marmot Dam to the Columbia River
		Sandy River, Lower: Marmot Dam to the Columbia River
		The Bull Run River joins the Sandy River below Pipeline rapid, returning water that was diverted above Marmot Dam to the powerhouse on the Bull Run.
		Sandy River, Lower: Marmot Dam to the Columbia River Topo Map
	www.trails.com /explore/tcatalog_trail.asp?AffID=mz01&TrailID=CGW037-066 (181 words)

	Big Sandy Lodge, Wyoming, Wind River Mountain Resort
		We're located at the entrance to the Big Sandy Opening, with access to many of the Wind River Mountain's trout lakes and streams, flowering meadows, photographic vistas, scenic trails, pine-scented forests, glaciers, wildlife, and towering mountain peaks.
		We are one mile from the wilderness boundary and next to the Big Sandy Trailhead with access to the breathtaking Cirque of the Towers and technical rock-climbing locations.
		We are a remote, summer season lodge high in the Wind River Mountains open from late May until early October.
	www.big-sandy-lodge.com (983 words)

	PGE will remove 2 dams in basin of Sandy River
		The idea was put on ice after the state failed to deliver a $10 million grant to PGE to help cover dam-removal costs -- and after Sandy River anglers learned that the state might stop stocking the river with hatchery steelhead and salmon if the Marmot dam were removed.
		The Little Sandy and Sandy rivers have long been prized recreation and fishing grounds close to Portland.
		Keil said it would have cost more than the dams are worth to upgrade their fish-passage facilities to the level that would have been required for license renewal.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /Oct_2002/pge_will.htm (881 words)

	Sandy Bar Ranch Home
		Sandy Bar Ranch is in a fertile valley
		carved from surrounding mountains by the Klamath River.
		Sandy Bar is a haven for travelers, fishermen, students and families.
	www.sandybar.com (53 words)

	Kentucky Destination, Getaway, and Hotel Guide - Lodging Help in Kentucky
		On the north the Ohio River separates the state from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
		To the northeast is West Virginia, which is separated from Kentucky by the Big Sandy River and its Tug Fork.
		On the west the Mississippi River is the boundary between Kentucky and Missouri.
	www.gam-web.com /kentucky (688 words)

	Discovery & Naming Of The Sandy River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Sandy River Delta, more than 1,000 acres on the eastern side of the Sandy River, is now public land and part of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
		The first record of it by English explorers was in 1792 when Lt. William Broughton sailed up the Columbia River on a 'scouting' party for Captain George Vancouver.
		Lewis and Clark explored the area on November 3, 1805, commenting on the large amount of sand flowing from the Sandy, which they named the Quicksand River.
	www.ci.troutdale.or.us /docs/history/sandyrivername.htm (179 words)

	Oregon River Rafting, Oregon River Trips, whitewater rafting in Oregon
		River Drifters provides trips on the Sandy Gorge at two different times during the year.
		The season on the Sandy Gorge is mainly in the Spring months (March through mid-June) and sometimes in the Fall (October-November).
		Both trips combine the six miles of the Sandy Gorge, but there is an upper portion and a lower portion that are available depending on water flows.
	www.riverdrifters.net /sandygorge.htm (501 words)

	The Sandy River and Marmot Dam
		Marmot Dam on the Sandy River operates under a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license that expires in 2004.
		PGE intends to surrender its operating license for the Bull Run Hydroelectric project, of which Marmot Dam is a part, and has entered into a settlement agreement for the decommissioning of the dam and associated facilities.
		Gregory Stewart is performing research on the Sandy River below Marmot dam to predict the trajectory of sediment following dam removal.
	www.fsl.orst.edu /wpg/research/marmot.htm (137 words)

	Northwest Ordinances -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Big Sandy River, its Tug Fork, and the Cumberland Mountains have formed the eastern boundary of Kentucky since 1776.
		The state's western boundary, the Mississippi River, was fixed by the peace treaty of 1783.
		Its northern border, along the Ohio River, was established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056283 (700 words)

	Big Sandy River Rafting in West Virginia \| RaftInfo.com
		The Little Sandy is a little harder, smaller and more technical before meeting the Upper Big Sandy just above most of the big rapids.
		Lower Big Sandy is the most remote, most scenic and the most challenging whitewater in Northern West Virginia.
		To learn about other rivers offering whitewater rafting in West Virginia with a list of outfitters in the area, use the drop down menu located to the right.
	www.raftinfo.com /bigsandy.htm (176 words)

	Rogue river fishing trips, Rogue river salmon fishing guides, Oregon salmon and steelhead fishing trips
		Ospreys dive head first into the river, submersing much of their body before flying away with a fish in their beak or claws, while eagles fly inches above the water and use their talons as sharp hooks to scoop and snare the fish that swim just below the surface.
		After breakfast you float the final stretch of river, enjoy lunch on the banks of this magical river, and reach take-out, near the tiny town of Agness, in the early afternoon.
		The Rogue is a coastal river with mild weather in the fall and spring.
	www.oregonrivercompany.com /orcrog.html (3062 words)

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