Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

Invasive Species Permit for 2010

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Caddisfly

All boat owners should be aware of a new permit required for 2010. This permit impacts both motorized and non motorized boat owners. Yes, it means drift boats, canoes, and rafts. Read on to see how it will or could … Continue reading →

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Mckenzie Trout Stocking: Opportunity Lost

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Caddisfly

Trout Unlimited and our coalition partners campaign to remove hatchery trout from the Mckenzie River remains in high gear.  Over the course of the next week or so I’m going to look at some of the criticisms directed at the campaign … Continue reading →

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McKenzie River Hatchery trout reduction or removal update

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

On this Thanksgiving, we’d like to give thanks to you – the wild fish advocates – for standing up for wild trout on the McKenzie River. Thank you to all of the people who signed petitions, sent letters, filled out … Continue reading →

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Native Fish Society gets behind McKenzie Hatchery Trout reduction/removal, goes Web2.0

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Portland-based conservation organization, Native Fish Society has come on board to help our Trout Unlimited chapter reduce or remove hatchery trout in the McKenzie. I recently joined the ranks of the River Steward program for the McKenzie and NFS … Continue reading →

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ODFW YouTube channel documents record Oregon coho run

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

According to Tom Murtagh, ODFW distric District Fish Biologist: A significant proportion of the Willamette coho run has entered the Tualatin and is currently spawning throughout the basin, mostly above Hillsboro. Coho counts at the falls is just above 25,000 … Continue reading →

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The battle for Columbia Salmon comes to a head in Portland courtroom today

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In September, the Obama Administration endorsed a flawed salmon plan or BiOp, as it has been called, for the Columbia River system. The day is here now when Judge Redden will hear final arguments in the courtroom on the legality … Continue reading →

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Rivers of a Lost Coast DVDs now available!

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Hot off the presses, the new Rivers of a Lost Coast DVDs are now available. The new DVD package includes never before seen extra footage, deleted scenes, bonus features and a beautiful 41-page color insert booklet with original writings from … Continue reading →

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Support Washington’s wild steelhead — Take the Chum survey

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Fly fishing blog monsters Moldy Chum launched an online poll recently asking how much anglers in Washington state value wild steelhead as opposed to hatchery-reared fish. Per the Chum’s press release: “We’d like to demonstrate to the state just how … Continue reading →

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1872 Mining Law reform on the horizon

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Reform of the 1872 Mining Law has been on the agenda of every major conservation organization for years, and it looks like the issue is finally coming to a head. For those of you unaware of the 1872 Mining Law, … Continue reading →

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Montanans weighing in on the McKenzie River hatchery issue

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

As many of you are aware, Montana was once a hatchery-addicted state, and moved to wild fish management decades ago. From the recent book, Saving Homewaters: Montana fisheries managers also realized early on that put-and-take trout planting hurts native fish: … Continue reading →

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Fill out an angler preference survey for ODFW on the McKenzie River

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Thanks to everybody who’s been commenting and following along with our public relations campaign to reduce or remove hatchery trout from the McKenzie River. But ODFW decisions are made based on data, and the agency this summer conducted an angler … Continue reading →

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Battle for native fish continues in the Register-Guard

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Following our initial call on September 17th in the Register-Guard to remove or at least reduce the number of hatchery trout in the McKenzie, the McKenzie River Guides Association responded with its counterargument. Today, David Vázquez and Scott Kinney blew … Continue reading →

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Wild North Umpqua Winter Steelhead safe for now

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Communique from Bruce McIntosh, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Division Deputy Administrator, Inland Fisheries As the management of North Umpqua winter steelhead is of great interest to Oregonians, last week ODFW made the following decisions regarding the future … Continue reading →

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Where Hope Resides: Q&A with Boots Allen producer

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

On Thursday November 12th, 6:30pm catch the Eugene Showing of Where Hope Resides, a new film about salmon and steelhead conservation issues in British Columbia’s Skeena River system. The film will be shown at the David Minor Theater 180 E. … Continue reading →

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McKenzie River wild trout action list: 10 ways to get involved

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

For those of you following along with our saga to reduce or remove hatchery trout from the McKenzie River, and to ban bait for trout fishing on the McKenzie, I wanted to provide you with an action sheet — a … Continue reading →

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