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Category Archives: Oregon Conservation News
North Umpqua Steelhead Management: Charting the future
An interview with Jay Nicholas by Matt Stansberry. This is a huge document, so please use the table of contents below to navigate. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. North Umpqua Fishery Management Proposal 3. Native Fish Conservation Policy 4. Unique Biology … Continue reading
McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament 2009: Team Carr and Ex-Officio clean up
Yesterday the Caddis Fly and Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 hosted the second annual 2009 McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament. This year we had nine boats and 18 anglers, competing for high end gear from Sage and Rio, a guided trip with … Continue reading
Hatchery Trout Hurt
As regular readers know, we recently took our campaign against planter trout in the Mckenzie to the next level with the publication an opinion piece by Matt and Chris in the Register Guard suggesting that it is time to move … Continue reading
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1st annual Wilson River Clean-Up Event, by Sierra Club and SOLV
Cancel your plans and join badass steelhead guide Jeff Hickman for a river clean up this weekend on the Wilson. 1st annual Wilson River Clean-Up Event, by Sierra Club and SOLV Saturday September 26th 9am –meet, sign in, coffee, snacks, … Continue reading
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Time to reduce or remove hatchery rainbows from the McKenzie River
Today the Register-Guard ran a guest editorial we wrote, calling for a reduction or removal of hatchery rainbow trout in the McKenzie River. Now it’s your turn to tell your personal story. Write a letter or email to the Register-Guard. … Continue reading
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Orvis and Deschutes Trout Unlimited Fly Casting Tournament
This weekend, the Deschutes Chapter of Trout Unlimited with Orvis Store in Bend are pleased to announce the First Ever North American Fly Casting Tournament at the Bend Orvis store and Casting Course. You can follow along on Facebook as … Continue reading
Meet the new boss: same as the old boss
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
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
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
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
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
The boom and bust cycle of Chinook salmon in Oregon
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
Fall Chinook 2009: To fish or not to fish?
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
Help support the Devil’s Staircase wilderness
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
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