September 2025 Sunriver Scene - Newspaper - Page 1
Get out those
lederhosen and
take part in the
first Sunriver
Oktoberfest event
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
SROA News ............. 4
Calendar ................ 15
Public Safety........... 30
Classified Ads ......... 39
Summer might be
winding down but
the threat of
wildfire still exists
as fall approaches
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S U N R I V E R
S C E N E
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
SEPTEMBER 2025
VOLUME XLVIII • NUMBER 9
Here are the results of the 2025
candidate election for three seats on
the SROA Board of Directors.
The three candidates who received the most votes are:
• Linda Beard
• Pam Hays
• Dale Harrison
The new directors will serve a
three-year term starting in September.
Online forum about
proposed Capital
Transfer Fee
SROA NEWS – In early 2025, a subgroup of SROA’s Finance Committee
was formed to explore additional revenue sources for the association to fund
new capital projects.
The proposal of a new “Capital
Transfer Fee” rose to the top as the most
viable and equitable option to fund
capital projects without considering a
substantial increase in maintenance fees,
a special assessment or taking money
from reserves. A home sale transfer fee
is common practice among HOAs as a
way for new residents to “buy in” and
contribute to the community they’re
moving into.
An online Zoom forum to educate
owners about this proposed fee, and
the projects it will support, will be held
Oct. 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Hosted by Sunriver
You, registration to receive the Zoom
link is required at www.sunriveryou.
comclasses.
The Capital Transfer Fee would only
be executed during the monetary sale
of a property to collect one-half of one
percent of the sale price. With an average 140 properties sold in Sunriver each
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2026 Ladder Fuels Reduction preparations underway
SROA NEWS – While fire season remains in effect for 2025, SROA Natural
Resources staff are already preparing for
the 2026 fire season.
Throughout September and into late
fall and early winter, you will see staff
in their high-visibility vests or jackets
walking around assessing ladder fuels
on both private properties and SROA
commons.
If you see Natural Resources staff
around on your lane or circling your
property with a clipboard, tablet or
phone, they are likely performing
private property ladder fuel reduction
(LFR) inspections.
With more than 3,200 single family
lots, 22 multi-family or condominium
properties, and dozens of commercial
tax lots, staff have a lot of ground to
cover, and inspections can take a few
months to complete. Notices regarding
compliance with the Sunriver Ladder
Fuels Reduction Plan will be mailed to
owners in the spring of 2026.
Please know the absence of a notification from SROA does not mean
that conditions on a property meet all
the standards outlined in the Sunriver
LFR Plan.
A crew removes trees during a previous Sunriver ladder fuels reduction cycle.
Regular maintenance is needed to
ensure a property remains defensible
against wildfire. Owners are encouraged to perform a “Ladder Fuels SelfAssessment” to identify and address
non-conforming conditions.
This easy-to-use checklist – which is
available at www.sunriverowners.org/
propertypreparedness or in the foyer of
the SROA administration building – includes the same criteria used by SROA
staff during LFR inspections.
Natural Resources staff are currently
inspecting and preparing approximately
150 acres of common area in the northeastern portion of the community for
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What are all
these sticks?
Although it might appear to be a pile of branches, this is a beaver lodge on Lake
Aspen. Lodges provide a safe haven for beaver to sleep and raise their young
Sunriver’s waterways are home to a
variety of aquatic species – from ducks
and other waterfowl to the Oregon spotted frog, otters and beavers.
Sunriver has a resident beaver along
the northern shore of Lake Aspen. It
may look like just a pile of branches,
but it’s actually a “lodge” used by the
beaver as a refuge for sleeping, eating
and raising its young away from the
reach of predators.
Unfortunately, predators aren’t the
problem – people are. There have been
recent instances of people climbing on
the lodge and removing branches. The
Sunriver Nature Center asks everyone
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SUNRIVER SCENE
SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN.
VOLUME XLVII I • NUMBER 9
SUNRIVER, OR 97707
SROA Board of
Directors 2025
election results
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