PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will sample the Crooked River below Bowman Dam for redband trout and mountain whitefish from Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26.
Biologists will be electrofishing the river between Big Bend and Cobble Rock campgrounds and between Lower Palisades and Greenwood campgrounds. During the [...]
June 18, 2009 | Posted in
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SALEM, Ore.—ODFW and various sportsman groups will host a series of upland bird hunts for youth age 17 and under at locations statewide during the month of September.
Participants can pursue pheasants, which will be stocked at all locations, plus quail and doves. A free shooting clinic will coincide with most events, so participants can practice [...]
September 8, 2008 | Posted in
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NEWPORT – Sport fishing for Pacific halibut in the ocean off the Columbia River area will reopen for one day only on Friday, Aug. 29.
Fishery managers determined there was sufficient catch limit remaining to reopen the fishery for one day. The combined spring and summer harvest quota for the Columbia River subarea between Leadbetter Point [...]
August 28, 2008 | Posted in
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NEWPORT, Ore. – Sport boat anglers may not retain cabezon beginning Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Fishing for other bottomfish – such as most rockfish species, lingcod and greenling – remains open.
Seven species of bottomfish, including cabezon caught by anglers in Oregon waters are managed under harvest caps – three imposed by the federal government and [...]
August 21, 2008 | Posted in
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SALEM, Ore.– Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission today adopted 2008-09 regulations for birds hunted in Oregon including migratory birds (duck, goose, mourning dove, band-tailed pigeon, coot, snipe) upland birds (pheasant, forest grouse, chukar, pheasant, California quail, mountain quail, sage grouse, turkey) and crows.
Most upland bird seasons operate under a five-year framework so hunters won’t see [...]
August 11, 2008 | Posted in
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LA GRANDE, Ore.— An agreement between the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and three northeast Oregon landowners has opened almost 20,000 acres of private lands in Baker and Union counties to public hunting for the 2008-09 hunting seasons.
This access is made possible by $46,187 in grant funds from the ODFW Access and Habitat Program [...]
August 11, 2008 | Posted in
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LA GRANDE, Ore.—A wolf pack that includes both adults and pups was confirmed in a forested area of northern Union County on Friday, the first evidence of multiple wolves and wolf reproduction in Oregon since wolves were extirpated from the state back in the mid-1940s.
Wildlife biologists conducting a howling survey heard the howls of both [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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ENTERPRISE, Ore—The Fourth of July weekend just got better for anglers fishing the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers in northeast Oregon. Beginning Friday, July 4, both rivers will open to hatchery spring chinook fishing through Sunday, July 13.
“It is nice to see our efforts pay off for the sport angler,” said Brad Smith, ODFW fish biologist [...]
July 8, 2008 | Posted in
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BEND, Ore. – Young people interested in fishing will be able to give it a try at a youth fishing event hosted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Century Pond southwest of Bend.
“This event is specifically for kids and young people,” said [...]
June 10, 2008 | Posted in
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SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet June 5-6 in Salem at ODFW Headquarters to consider modifying coastal fall chinook fishing regulations. The Commission will also be asked to approve ODFW’s budget request for the 2009-2011 biennium.
On Thursday, June 5 beginning at 1 p.m., the Commission will participate in an Energy [...]
May 30, 2008 | Posted in
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