Many Southern Tier residents spend time on the Susquehanna River during the summer. Here are some tips to remember to stay safe, plus access points to the water.

A drone drops a life jacket to a swimmer in a training exercise along the Sandy River in Oregon on May 16, 2025, Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB. After nine drownings over three years in the Sandy ...

Whether the Columbia River’s eulachon smelt run will make its way into the Sandy River is always a crap shoot, but this year’s run appears to have waited for spring break.

Thousands of people lined the Sandy River in Troutdale, Ore., on March 27, 2025, to take part in the seven-hour eulachon smelt dipnet fishery. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB.

Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of illegally caught smelt during a one-day poaching sting on the Sandy River. The fish were confiscated during Oregon’s rare smelt dipping season and donated to ...

On Thursday, hundreds of families and fishermen took to the banks of the Sandy River for the one-day harvest of eulachon smelt. By Dylan Scott. Published: Mar. 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM PDT ...