Five new red and green buoys were installed on Lacamas Lake earlier this month, with the aim of making navigation through the channel easier and safer for boaters.
Deputy Todd Baker with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit said preparation and installation of the buoys, anchor chains and shackles included assistance by volunteers from the Portland-based Sea Scouts organization.
“Kids from the base put the anchor systems together, and the county parts department loaned us a hydraulic chain cutter to speed the process,” he said.
Baker hopes the buoys will help boaters navigate the channel safely, to the main water body and back again, without hitting the rock shoaling.
“Boaters should remember ‘red, right, returning to harbor’ (boat ramp) to be on the correct side of the buoys,” he said. “Green will be on the right going out from the ramp to the main body of water and red on the right coming back.”