Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

Give Elwah Fish a Chance!

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Elwah’s illegal dams are finally coming out, with the first phases of removal slated for fall 2011. There have been a spectacular number of dam removals in the press over the last several years, but perhaps none have held … Continue reading →

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ODFW posts maps of proposed Oregon Marine Reserves

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

ODFW has posted maps and descriptions of three proposed marine reserves for public review: Cape Perpetua near Florence, Cascade Head near Lincoln City and Cape Falcon near Manzanita.

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Artists4Action salmon conservation discussion Thurs at Eugene Library

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Artists4action is a non-profit group that hopes to convince artists and their audiences to speak up for environmental action. The group is currently focused on Pacific Salmon and just hosted a benefit show with The Sugar Beets last weekend. Executive … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited’s identity crisis in the Pacific Northwest

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

What is Trout Unlimited? I can give a pretty straightforward answer: A national conservation organization advocating for conserving, protecting and restoring North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. The org is 140,000 members strong and has been around for over … Continue reading →

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Drink free beer, help shape National TU’s direction at meeting Weds

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

At this month’s Trout Unlimited meeting, we’re hosting some employees from TU’s national organization to do some focus group work to help TU develop new ideas for the future. When: Wednesday, November 10th 7pm Where: Our new meeting location, upstairs … Continue reading →

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Guide advocates moving hatchery summer steelhead into fly water on North Umpqua

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our pals at Buster Wants to Fish published an anonymous Q&A with a prominent North Umpqua River fly guide who is advocating moving hatchery summer steelhead into the fly water on the North Umpqua. It’s a fascinating interview and you … Continue reading →

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EWEB gets OK to sell McKenzie River water

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last week a judge ruled that the Eugene Water and Electric Board EWEB could enter into wholesale water sales agreements without the city’s approval. The current political quagmire on this issue is around whether or not EWEB can sell water … Continue reading →

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New Wild Fish Blog Launched

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Caddisfly

Alan Moore, staffer at Trout Unlimited’s Portland office and awesome wild fish advocate has launched a blog, Wild Fishasaurus, a decision he describes thusly: “We decided to go ahead and try this, at considerable peril to our reputations and financial … Continue reading →

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North Coast Mystery: Disappearing barriers, punk fish running roughshod

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

A guest blog post by Alan Moore from Trout Unlimited’s Portland office. A spate of mysterious disappearances of culverts, logging roads and apparent vandalism to private property has officials scratching their heads and young salmon, trout and steelhead running rampant … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited meeting tomorrow night, new location

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The McKenzie-Upper Willamette Chapter of Trout Unlimited is happy to resume meetings this month at our new downtown Eugene location at the Veteran’s Building 1626 Willamette St.Eugene, OR 97401. Come out Wednesday, October 13th at 7pm to hear from conservation … Continue reading →

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2010 McKenzie Two-Fly Tournament funds habitat restoration

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last weekend, guides, anglers and sponsors participated in the third annual Mckenzie River Two-Fly Tournament, raising funds for McKenzie River Trust’s coldwater fish habitat restoration at MRT’s Green Island property on the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers. The … Continue reading →

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Willamette River Cleanup October 2nd — Mark your calendar

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Willamette Riverkeeper and a host of other partners up and down the valley, are coordinating a river-wide water and land based clean up event on Saturday, October 2nd from approximately 9am-12:30pm. So far, the river based effort in Eugene will … Continue reading →

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Reccomended Reading: Columbia hatcheries, huge sockeye runs, getting fanatical

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Here are a few articles worth digging into: Bakke lays out the case for rethinking hatchery programs in the Northwest Oregonian: Fish management agencies are continuing to contribute to the decline and extinction of wild salmon and steelhead, and that … Continue reading →

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Lower Deschutes Steelhead report: Get out there now

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last weekend we camped out at the mouth of the Deschutes River for the Native Fish Society River Steward retreat, hosted by NFS staffers Russell Bassett and Tom Derry. It was a great event, full of presentations by top fisheries … Continue reading →

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CA Wild Steelhead Protections Upheld by Federal Appeals Court

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

San Francisco, CA – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt to strip protected status from wild steelhead trout in California’s Central Valley. A group of Central Valley irrigators had argued that ocean-going Central Valley steelhead population … Continue reading →

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