Outdoor recreation guides sturggle to operate amid pandemic
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It been a tough time for outdoor recreation guides as they navigate how to operate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza shows us these small business are working around the stay at home order.
Evita:?one fishing guide tells me he hasn guided since february... but he says it was his choice.
He says he wanted to comply with governor kate brown executive order?
Gary lewis, gary guide service:?my wife has health problems and i don want to bring a virus home to her?
Even though he shut down his business& gary lewis says he knows dozens of guides who are still operating& despite the executive order.?there are a lot of newer guides out there and theye just bought a 60,000-dollar boat.
They gotta make payments on that and interest?
Randy henry from the oregon state marine board says guides are more than welcome to run their business& as long as guides follow social distacing rules on their boats.
Phoner randy henry:?if somebody could get to the water and they could maintain social distancing, per the executive order, we didn see us prohibiting that activity?
Henry says people should consider scheduling a guide closer to home and restrict it to only family members.
He says it reduces the risk of spread.
Evita: the oregon department of fish and wildlife will re-open fishing and hunting to non-residents starting tomorrow.
Il go into further detail about the lifted restrictions, on kezi 9 news at 5.
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