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Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News
Ask ODFW to hold Winchester Dam Owners Accountable
Since Aug. 7th, there’s been one ecological disaster after another as the Winchester Water Control District (WWCD) made repairs to the dilapidated Winchester Dam to the minimum extent necessary to address public safety issues. Sadly, their cheap-as-possible approach came with … Continue reading
August Native Fish Society McKenzie Chapter Meeting Reminder
Our next McKenzie Chapter Meeting is coming up on Wednesday, August 30th at 5:30pm at the Ninkasi Better Living Room in Eugene, OR and you’re invited to join! What: August McKenzie Chapter Meeting–a fish-themed trivia night Where: Ninkasi’s Better Living Room, 155 … Continue reading
Ask your State and Federal Representatives to stand up for the North Umpqua River
On August 7, 2023, Winchester Water Control District (WWCD) started repairing the derelict Winchester Dam. Despite far more expansive recent claims made to the public by WWCD about these repairs, WWCD representatives previously told state and federal regulators that the … Continue reading
Winchester Dam Repairs Begin Despite Permitting Irregularities, Collapsing Summer Steelhead Run, and Fears of Another Fish Kill
2023 Repair at Dam First Since Botched 2018 Attempt That Caused Fish Kill and Polluted Drinking Water Supply for 37,000 People Winchester, OR ¬– On Monday August 7th, the fish ladder at Winchester Dam on the North Umpqua River near … Continue reading
Southern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act
From Native Fish Society and Kirk Blaine Send thanks to Representative Val Hoyle for reintroducing the Southern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act! Yesterday, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle took a significant step to protect Oregon’s treasured wild rivers by reintroducing … Continue reading
With one down, Klamath dam removal proceeds on schedule
By Juliet Grable (Jefferson Public Radio) The first of four hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border has been removed from the main stem of the Klamath River. All that remains of the dam known as Copco 2 in Siskiyou County, … Continue reading
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Turbidity Update – Finn Rock Reach Restoration Project
From McKenzie River Trust Phase II of the Finn Rock Reach Floodplain Enhancement Project is underway. The Project will enhance habitat conditions across more than 80 acres adjacent to the McKenzie River and restore historic floodplain connections between the main … Continue reading
‘WHY DOES WINCHESTER DAM STILL EXIST?
From Native Fish Society In a letter to the editors of The News-Review, Roseburg, Oregon-resident Connie Page posed a question: Why does Winchester Dam (on the North Umpqua River) still exist? The dam is bad for the river’s salmon and steelhead … Continue reading
OREGONIANS: SPEAK UP FOR COASTAL CHINOOK
Given the recent declines in Oregon Coast fall Chinook salmon populations, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering a more conservation-oriented approach to wild fall Chinook harvest in 2023 and has asked for public comment. This presents a crucial … Continue reading
Phase 2 of Finn Rock Reach Restoration Underway
Volunteers visited Finn Rock Reach in hopes of rescuing some natives and dispatching some “invasives” this week. The project is well underway and is going to provide tons more habitat for salmonids on the middle McKenzie River. We caught largemouth … Continue reading
Native Fish Society Meeting – May 31st, 2023
Kara Anlauf-Dunn of ODFW gave a great presentation at last months chapter meeting about how increasing stream temperature affects native fish and her studies on native fish tolerance to heat across watersheds. It should be a good way to prepare … Continue reading
Oregon DEQ Aquatic Life Rule making and the Deschutes
By Liz Perkin Native Fish SocietyThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has recently released their proposed changes to the Fish and Aquatic Life Uses of Oregon’s waterbodies. Some systems will be getting more stringent protections as a result of these … Continue reading
States set 2023 Columbia River summer/fall salmon and steelhead seasons
ODFW Resources CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Oregon and Washington fishery managers recently finalized seasons and regulations for 2023 Columbia River summer and fall recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries. Detailed regulations are available at https://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/OSCRP/CRM/index.asp (see Summer and Fall Columbia River Recreational Fishery Regulations) Forecasts for … Continue reading
Umpqua Bass Bash June 24th, 2023
Join us Saturday, June 24th, as Native Fish Society hosts our Second Annual Umpqua Bass Bash! This event will help remove Smallmouth Bass from the river and bring awareness to the problems this invasive fish species causes for native fish and … Continue reading
Finn Rock Phase Reach Restoration Phase 2 Community Conversation – McKenzie River Trust
The video above shows gives an aerial view of Phase 1 of the Finn Rock Reach restoration. As you drive up 126 past the Finn Rock Boat Launch what was a single channel is now an abundance of channels, log … Continue reading