Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News

Meet the new boss: same as the old boss

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Caddisfly

We’ve all been there before. The hope that a fresh face will bring needed changes and make our lives better. So it was in the Columbia-Snake basin. Hopes ran high as the Obama administration declared that it would place science … Continue reading →

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Rogue River Dam removal = 114,000 more Oregon salmon and steelhead each year

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Bob Hunter, founding board member of WaterWatch and the Oregon Water Trust, recently came to Eugene to speak with our local Trout Unlimited Chapter about removal of Rogue River Dams. In an effort spanning more than 20 years, Hunter and … Continue reading →

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Restoring the Willamette Floodplain, tonight at Cosmic Pizza

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Science Pub Eugene is hosting a discussion on restoring the Willamette River floodplain tonight at Cosmic Pizza, 7-9pm. The Science of Restoring Rivers: Floodplain Restoration on the Willamette Rivers and their floodplains provide homes for salmon and other aquatic critters, … Continue reading →

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Update: Oregon Board of Forestry decides Tillamook’s Greatest Permanent Value isn’t salmon

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Jeff Hickman and other anglers are attending the Board of Forestry meeting in Silverton today — 8am to 12pm. The Board is trying redefine “Greatest Permanent Value” of our state forests as maximum timber, mudslides and decimated rivers. Hickman is … Continue reading →

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TU meeting Wed. night — learn about the Rogue River Dam Removal

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Trout Unlimited Meeting Wednesday, Sept 9th, 7pm at the Eagles Aerie, 1375 Irving Rd, Eugene, OR‎ Featuring guest speaker Bob Hunter: Free the Rogue River! The Rogue River in Southwestern Oregon is one of the nation’s most outstanding rivers. Because … Continue reading →

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The boom and bust cycle of Chinook salmon in Oregon

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This post by Jay Nicholas is a response to the recent, thought provoking post on the dilemma faced by those of us who live to fish for wild chinook salmon on the Oregon Coast each fall: You may recall Oregon’s … Continue reading →

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Fall Chinook 2009: To fish or not to fish?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Normally that would be a very stupid question. Kings are our greatest salmon, and we are fortunate to have strong wild runs in almost all of our coastal rivers. But 2009 marks a turning point for Oregon. ODFW has closed … Continue reading →

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Help support the Devil’s Staircase wilderness

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Earlier this summer, . DeFazio (D-OR) and Sen. Wyden (D-OR) introduced companion bills, H.R. 2888 and S. 1272, designating the 29,650-acre Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, protecting a large section of the Smith River tributary Wassen Creek. The watershed supports wild coho, … Continue reading →

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Second annual McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament: October 9-10, 2009

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The second annual McKenzie River Two-Fly tournament takes place October 9-10, 2009. The event is put on by the McKenzie-Upper Willamette chapter of Trout Unlimited and The Caddis Fly Angling shop. Teams of two anglers will compete for thousands of … Continue reading →

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Goodbye WOPR! BLM scraps plan that would have clearcut fish protections

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

According to a press release today from the U.S. Department of the Interior, the BLM has withdrawn its legally flawed plan for Western Oregon, the WOPR! “We have carefully reviewed the lawsuits filed against the WOPR and it is clear … Continue reading →

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Fish warriors, arm yourselves for battle: Recommended reading

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our wild fish stocks are at a turning point in Oregon Dams are coming down. Studies are showing that inbred hatchery pukes are no substitute for (and are in fact complicit in the destruction of) native fish. Ocean conditions have … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Meeting tonight at the Eagles Aerie

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Reminder: Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 meeting tonight at the Eagles Aerie 1375 Irving Rd. in Eugene, 7pm. The chapter has been interested in studying wild trout populations on the Row and Coast Fork Willamette to help better protect these native … Continue reading →

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Oregon Restoration Projects Receive Federal Funding

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Caddisfly

Today Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced fifty habitat projects that would receive a total of 167 million in federal funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus package). Included in the projects receiving funding was Eugene’s own Delta … Continue reading →

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Metolius Basin protected from mega-resort development!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This just in from Central Oregon Landwatch: This is a historic moment, as the Metolius Protection Act of 2009 just passed the Oregon House 31-28! House Bill 3298 recently passed the Oregon Senate as well and now heads to the … Continue reading →

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Oregon Trout Unlimited State Council: Success in 09 legislative session, focus on McKenzie issues

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This weekend was the summer ’09 meeting of the Oregon State Council of Trout Unlimited. For those of you don’t know, there are currently five TU chapters in the state, two in Portland, the new Bend-Deschutes chapter, the Middle Rogue … Continue reading →

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