Oneonta Falls / Image via / Gary Randall Photography / gary-randall.com
Until 2017, the incomparable Oneonta Gorge on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge was accessible to the public and a much-beloved spot to visit during the hot summer months. The Eagle Creek Fire started by illegal fireworks on September 2 of that year changed everything. Since that day, folks have been banned from entry, met with surveillance cameras, a chainlink fence, and hefty fines. The fires rendered the once-verdant cliffsides and cascading waterfalls too unstable to safely allow visitors.
Oneonta Gorge logjam at Oneonta Creek, Summer 2012. / Image via / The Author / thePDXphotographer
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