A mass of driftwood clogged the boat ramp at Albany’s Bowman Park over the last few weeks. But on Wednesday the logjam had been cleared away.
Logs and smaller bits of driftwood were piled up beside the upstream ramp, well out of the way of anyone trying to launch or take out a boat.
For much of the winter, the accumulation of debris had made the ramp unusable. Debris got jammed under the floating dock, and low water in the Willamette River prevented repairs…