July 17, 2020 3:20 a.m.

River Appreciation Day joins a long list of events going virtual for 2020.

It is being celebrated around Oregon on Saturday and began in Roseburg in 1987.

Normally the local event has featured music, dancing, and good food, somewhere along the Umpqua River. That’s not happening due to the COVID-19 situation. Robert Allen of the River Appreciation Committee said residents should use the day to pick up trash while enjoying the water.

Umpqua Watersheds will post videos of local musicians singing to celebrate the river and pictures of people enjoying the River Appreciation Day to www.umpquawatersheds.org and to the organization’s Facebook page.