We have decided that it is time to dredge the river under the bridge in order to avoid another tree being stuck against the bridge and destroying the footings and possible the entire bridge. And we saw in the spring of 2006, it doesn't take long for a lot of damage to happen when items are stuck and diverting the water to the wrong place  during runoff season.  To fix the damage in 2006 was around $35,000. Because of the increased snowfall this year the National Weather Service has estimated that we are at 180% of normal. So there will be a high risk of flooding this spring.  For that reason we have planned to rent some equipment and with a few volunteers we hope to be able to dig out about 4-6 feet under the bridge. We will also be pulling product out of the river about 100 feet before  approaching the bridge and another 100 feet past the bridge.  Hopefully that will allow the river to be able to move all of the debris that ends up in the river during runoff and be able to get that debris to pass under the bridge without any damage to the bridge or side banks of the river.  We will be using the product(river rock) from the river to build up the side banks. Any additional product will need to be hauled away from the river.  Any additional product will be stored on the  lower common lot for the short term. Any additional product will be distributed as needed.