Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

Via The Oregonian: A federal judge is forcing discussion of a radical step to save endangered salmon: taking out four dams on the Lower Snake River. The public will get a chance to weigh in at meetings throughout the Northwest … Continue reading →

As an American, you own 670 million acres of wildlands. 19 states are trying to sell these lands to the highest bidder. From the Wilderness Society: Special interest groups are trying to seize Our Wild. We have to keep it … Continue reading →

This is a brief note to let our readers know that there is a new film  by Shane Anderson featuring the Proposed Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary. Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary from Pacific Rivers on Vimeo. My interest in … Continue reading →

I case you missed it and even if you didn’t, my friend Grant McOmie was awarded first place for 2016 by the Outdoor Writer’s Association of America in cooperation with the Ocean Conservancy in the TV/Video content – Fishing  – production. His … Continue reading →

From the Native Fish Society: In 2008, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) committed to identify wild stock gene banks (WSGB) in Puget Sound to protect threatened wild steelhead from hatchery steelhead. In summer 2015 WDFW asked for public … Continue reading →

The folks at Freshwater Trust recently published a new video, featuring the staff’s philosophy and connection to fly fishing and conservation. Worth a watch: It’s The River That Binds Us: A Staff Story from The Freshwater Trust on Vimeo.

A bill was introduced last week in Congress to provide $1.3 billion annually for wildlife conservation across the United States. The proposed legislation, called the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 5650), was authored by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Don … Continue reading →

New Op-Ed in the Oregonian this week By Liz Hamilton, Jeff Feldner and Chris Daughters… Biologists have cited removal of the lower Snake River dams as the best tool we’ve got for restoring wild salmon at risk of extinction. Despite … Continue reading →

From Native Fish Society: You could spend a week steelhead fishing on the Babine for only $100! Babine Steelhead Lodge and Epic Waters are donating a prime Babine week for 1 angler to support the work of the Native Fish … Continue reading →

Trout Unlimited will be taking over Eugene on April 1-2 for the Western Regional Meeting being held this year at Valley River Inn. Trout Unlimited, the nation’s largest coldwater fisheries conservation nonprofit, holds regional meetings around the US and this … Continue reading →

$1 of each beverage sold on Tuesday, March 15th is donated to the McKenzie River Trust Full City Coffee Roasters is raising money to protect one of the top ingredients in their product: clean water! When you bring your friends, … Continue reading →