Drifter: The log jam is located about 1/4 mile below the Schafer Park bridge, and probably about 1/8 mile upstream of Decker Creek. It's not a huge jam by most standards, but it contains some big wood that stretches across the whole river and is pushed up against the high bank side. The low side is easy to walk around, but it would be virtually impossible to drag a boat around it (too much brush). Even walking a pontoon boat around it would be a big ordeal. The way the wood is situated, you can tell it was the result of an especially high water event (the kind that turns the campground into a big side channel). Such events don't occur every year, so it could be a while before it blows out on its own. This year is shaping up to be a wet one, so it could happen soon. Either that, or it will just collect more wood....

Either way, I don't think it's enough wood to cause any serious new problems downstream, especially considering how much water would be coming down in an event sufficient to break it up. The river's significantly smaller upstream of Decker, so it is likely more prone to wood getting stuck in corners.

I like OTS's thought about putting in a lauch below the S curves. That area seems less likely to need maintenance to keep the launch open, and it leaves the S curves up for the bankies. Alternatively, perhaps they could put a launch in on the Middle Fork, at the bridge on the Brady-Matlock Rd. That would mean no more boats in the East Fork, but there's really not much water between the S Curves and the confluence with the Middle Fork, so what would be the real difference? Plus, that way, they could just implement a no boats rule in the E. Fork, which would prevent sleds from running up to the S curves (an idea I like).