A sign warns the river user of the nearby danger in the Dillon Falls Boatramp in Deschutes County, Ore, on July 29, 2025.
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The Sheriff's office of the Deschut County announced on Friday that the Deschutes Basin Board of Control will temporarily fall the water level in the river to help the rescue rescuers look for a person who was still missing after the rafting accident about two weeks ago.
“In order to support the company, the irrigation districts will temporarily reduce the rivers in the Deschutes River from Friday, August 1st. Freight runners and irrigation disorders can notice reduced rivers by Monday, August 4,” says the announcement.
Reduced water levels help the Swift water teams who reach “key locations” to find the remaining person from a group of six who went over the waterfalls on July 19. Three people survived the fatal incident. This still missing person is suspected that, according to Sheriffs Office, their identity will only be released when they are.
A group of people set up a large drone on the edge of Dillon Fall on Tuesday to search for the last missing person, but not locate them.
After almost two weeks of the search, Jason Carr, spokesman for the sheriff of the sheriff from Deschut County, probably said in the rapids. Carr said that divers cannot get into the rapids due to the high degree of danger.
Instead, Swift water experts are looking for drone pilots and corpse dogs.
The dogs continue to absorb the human fragrance under the waterfalls, said Carr. He added bodies of two people who died in the accident, where the rapids previously hit the quieter water. This area was searched thoroughly and the teams are now concentrating on the river.
Xavier Paz (left) and dogs Ruthie took on July 29, 2025 on the Dillon Falls Boat Ramp, while Joe Sortor and dogs Jack followed Jack on the Deschutes River in Deschutes County, Ore.
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In the meantime, people continue to create Dillon Falls Take-Out and Day along the Dillon area.
Jules Love and her daughter visited Washington on Tuesday. A member of her party told the love of the incident when they walked the way towards the waterfalls.
“It is another great awakening for the community to really be aware of our environment,” said Love. She teaches in a nature school where she brings her students to water bodies. Security has a top priority for you. She said she would offer a prayer for the water before leaving the river.
Grace Googins has often grew up and has been living in the recreation goal for about five years.
She said the incident in Dillon Falls will change how she tells people about this section of the river, and she will emphasize that it is still a large body of water that can be dangerous.
Class 5 of Rapid's Thunder Dillon falls on the Deschutes River in Deschutes County on July 29, 2025, almost two weeks after the rescue and two people died after the waterfalls were transferred.
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In 2022, a man went over the waterfalls in an inner tube and died.
In 2018, a father and daughter who wore life generates went over the waterfalls after their canoe was exceeded. They couldn't swim on land. The father, who visited his daughter from outside the city, was declared dead on the edge of the river after the first aiders could not revive him.
The section of the river is classified as rapids in class 5. This is the second most common category of rapids and is extremely difficult.
The members of the search and rescue team discuss their drone flight schedule in preparation for a pass Dillon Falls along the Deschute River in Deschut County, Ore.
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Deschutes County Rescue Team will continue to search for the missing person.
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