Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

A Register-Guard editorial last week predicts the the recent decision in the Sandy River hatchery lawsuit will make way for changes on the McKenzie River that will protect endangered Upper-Willamette Spring Chinook Salmon. Haggerty’s ruling is handwriting on the wall … Continue reading →

ODFW is currently seeking public comment on the Coastal Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan. The commentary below was sent to us by Joe Ferguson of the Steamboaters on the North Umpqua. The draft Coastal salmonid Management Plan (CMP) is available … Continue reading →

From the Native Fish Society: “It is undisputed that hatchery operations can pose a host of risks to wild fish…it is clear that the Sandy River Basin is of particular importance to the recovery of the four [Endangered Species Act] … Continue reading →

Great interview with salmon biologist Jim Lichatowich on OPB: By relying more and more on hatcheries we’re creating a charade of sorts where the river that can’t support a salmon becomes a stage prop where fishermen and fish play out … Continue reading →

Some of you may recognize the plan outlined below, in an article we ran five years ago. Well, it’s coming to fruition, and now is your chance to comment. Via ODFW: The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host … Continue reading →

Via ODFW: The Pacific Lamprey is an old, old fish—one that dates back 500 million years, and while biologists will be the first to tell you what they don’t know about the prehistoric fish, what they do know is fascinating. … Continue reading →

From TU Oregon Council Chair Tom Wolf: The Tualatin chapter of TU is in the third year of collecting discarded Christmas trees to be placed in the Necanicum River as woody debris in salmon rearing areas. The Bill Monroe article … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Caddis Fly Shop Owner Chris Daughters’ Op-Ed ran in the Register-Guard, in support of the McKenzie Flyfishers and Steamboaters lawsuit, filed earlier this month regarding hatchery spring chinook on the McKenzie River. An excerpt of the column is here: … Continue reading →

The newly formed Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board is meeting this coming Monday, December 9th from 9am-3pm at the South Willamette Watershed District Office (7118 NE Vandenberg Avenue Corvallis, OR 97330-9446). The meeting is open to the public, so anyone … Continue reading →

From the Native Fish Society: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public comment on a proposal to eliminate hatchery steelhead plants as early as next year in three Lower Columbia River tributaries (EF Lewis, Green/NF Toutle … Continue reading →

Via the Albany Tribune: OSU Press Publishes Book On Salmon By Acclaimed Biologist For more than 40 years, Jim Lichatowich worked with Pacific salmon as a researcher, resource manager and scientific adviser, and he has seen first-hand the decline of … Continue reading →