Swim the Snake cancelled

The Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council recently announced that the annual Swim the Snake event has been sidelined due to COVID-19.

Organizers said that due to the increase in COVID-19 cases; and the need to mask up in Washington State, the organization cannot get approval to use the Franklin County Lyons Ferry Park for the event. Additionally, KOA Lyons Ferry is limiting access to the marina and camping for August and September; and the Columbia County Sheriff’s River Patrol boat is not available for policing the event.

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