Consultant summarizes focus‑group findings; planners outline state‑driven zoning changes Cushing Terrell summarized focus‑group findings highlighting housing shortages, river and trails preservation, childcare constraints, and options to ease lot sizes and ADU rules. City planners outlined state bills that mandate permitting ADUs/duplexes and increase commercial heights and altered parking requirements, shaping the forthcoming land‑use code rewrite.

Columbia Falls is at a crossroads as new state laws reshape local zoning, impacting housing availability, river access, and community growth!

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Quiet but emotional stirrings from new act River Access.

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For species like Chinook salmon, Coho, and steelhead trout, upstream habitat in the Upper Klamath Basin is critical. Rivers like the Williamson and Sprague were once salmon strongholds. Now they’re ghost runs, cut off by concrete. #Salmon #FishHabitat #RiverAccess #KlamathRestoration

Truckee Council approves MOU for Old County Courtyard redevelopment project Council members support public-private partnership to revitalize Truckee's downtown and river access.

Truckee's Town Council just took a major step towards revitalizing downtown and enhancing river access with a new public-private partnership!

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Escatawpa Hollow Park's beach and river access temporarily closed MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The beach and river access at Escatawpa Hollow Park and Campground has been suspended temporarily. LOCATION: According to a Mobile County news release, this week's heavy rainfall has created "high and swift" water conditions, prompting the closing for safety reasons. Access will be unavailable until water levels go down and [...]

WKRG News 5:Alabama News Beacon. #EscatawpaHollowPark #MobileCounty #RiverAccess

View of a pedestrian overpass crossing over a wide boulevard. The St. John River is visible just beyond. There are vapor trails across the sky.

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Overpass overhead - 2025

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Riparian leases enhance angler access and facilitate river stewardship. Great work by @TPWDnews biologists Birdsong et al.

A model other states can adopt for #riveraccess and fishing for #blackbassdiversity!!!

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