Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

Hatchery fish addicts buck ODFW steelhead plan for Siuslaw watershed

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

ODFW biologists presented its Coastal Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan recently to an unhappy standing room only crowd in Mapleton, according to this weird DIY news Website. The new plan is supposed to be a grand compromise between native fish … Continue reading →

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New web sites for McKenzie River trout studies

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Scott Kinney passed along a new Web site documenting the ongoing McKenzie River Trout studies. The tag/recapture study launched in 2010. The purpose is to assess the effect of removal of hatchery fish on the native trout populations of the … Continue reading →

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TU boots on the ground: Mabel Creek Coastal Cutthroat Project

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

From the desk of TU’s Alan Moore: Mabel Creek is a coastal cutthroat project on private timberland high in the headwaters in Clastop County of NW Oregon in the shadow of Saddle Mountain, just above the mouth of the Columbia … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Meeting Tonight: The One You’ve Been Waiting For!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Come to the Vet’s Club this Wednesday for the February Trout Unlimited Meeting. After several years of intense work by dedicated TU volunteers, Wednesday’s meeting will focus on the plan for TU’s partnership with ODFW in Marten Creek. Finally, we … Continue reading →

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Oregon Invasive Species Update: Boat Inspections

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

ODFW: The aquatic invasive species boat inspection station at the Ashland Port of Entry will open on Feb. 11, 2013. Stations in Gold Beach, Klamath Falls, Lakeview and Ontario will open in the coming months. All vehicles carrying motorized or … Continue reading →

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Floodplains, Underground Rivers and Fish: Coast Fork Willamette

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Sunday February 24th 1:00 to 4:00 PM Join Chris Orsinger, Executive Director of Friends of Buford Park, and Laurie Bernstein, former fisheries biologist with the US Forest Service, for an exploration of the geology and fish of the Coast Fork … Continue reading →

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No spring chinook fishery on the Deschutes

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

From ODFW: Fisheries managers have announced that the popular spring chinook fishery on the Deschutes River will not open in 2013. According to Rod French, district biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, managers are predicting fewer than … Continue reading →

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Suction Dredge Mining ban in play this legislative session

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Rogue Riverkeeper has a great action page on its Website for people who want to get involved with the fight to keep Suction Dredge mining off sensitive Oregon rivers, with info on how to look up and contact your legislators. … Continue reading →

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Willamette Fisheries Science Review next week

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

For all you fish geeks, Oregon State University is hosting the Willamette Fisheries Science Review next week, featuring presentations from ODFW, Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, OSU, and others on topics like: -Review Of Fish Return Data Collected At Fall … Continue reading →

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2013 McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament dates set

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Mark your calendars for the sixth annual McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament October 5th 2013, brought to you by the Caddis Fly Angling Shop and your local native-fish supporting guides. Since it’s inception, the tournament has raised $25,000 for habitat restoration … Continue reading →

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Long Tom River Fisheries Meeting this month

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Long Tom Watershed Council is hosting a public meeting 6pm, Jan 29th at the Monroe high school to discuss the state of fisheries on the river. The Long Tom is home to a host of native fish species, including … Continue reading →

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Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council at TU meeting tonight

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Come out to the Vet’s Club tonight for the January Trout Unlimited 678 chapter meeting. We’ll handle the usual business this month and enjoy a presentation from Elise Ferrarese, Restoration Specialist from the Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council. It will … Continue reading →

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Pollution in Paradise

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Caddisfly

Many readers of this blog probably have a few Willamette steelhead in their grip and grin photo collections, but it’s important to remember that not so long ago, the Willamette wasn’t much of a river. Pollution in Paradise is a … Continue reading →

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Cougar drawdown to support out-migrating juvenile salmon

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

From KLCC: Fishery biologists have found that young Chinook salmon generally swim in the top 20 to 30 feet of the water column. That can pose a problem if the primary method of getting past a dam is deeper. The … Continue reading →

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New Frank Moore documentary: Mending the Line

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This new documentary is in pre-production, Frank Moore: Mending the Line Tough as nails, gentle as a poet, and determined as a badger, 90 year-old Frank Moore loves to fish. A World War II veteran, in 1944 he landed along … Continue reading →

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