Property owners hope state politicians can resolve the issueIt was a simple contraption. It was a metal plate attached to the culvert, that sits under Oregon Highway 202. It allowed rainwater from the fields to flow into the Youngs River, which runs along the highway, but kept most of the rising tidewaters from the river and nearby Youngs Bay out of the fields. It was something of a one-way valve.

Then it fell off.

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