(SEATTLE – U.S. Coast Guard) – Federal agencies along with Washington and Oregon state agencies are responding to a tar-like substance from an unknown source affecting a shoreline near Beards Hollow, Washington,…
Category: Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Poisoning the well for outdoor recreation in Northeast Oregon: Alarming incidents lead to collateral damage for wildlife, pets in Wallowa County; Rewards for information
ENTERPRISE, Ore.—The target was likely a wolf, the latest poisoning in a disturbing trend that has killed 19 wolves in Oregon since 2015. Whatever the target, the collateral damage in northeast Oregon’s…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: States set additional recreational spring Chinook days after run size update
(May 15, 2024 -CLACKAMAS, Ore.)—Following an in-season update of the expected upriver spring Chinook return, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added 10 additional fishing days for recreational spring Chinook downstream of…
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission selects Dr. Debbie Colbert as new ODFW Director
SALEM, Ore.— On Friday May 10th, the Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to select Dr. Debbie Colbert as the new ODFW Director. Colbert is the first woman to ever be appointed…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Commission to consider two candidates for agency director on May 10
(May 3, 2024 – SALEM, Ore.) —Debbie Colbert and Kaitlin Lovell were selected as the two final candidates for the ODFW director position today during a subcommittee meeting that included two commissioners and two…
$7 million available in Oregon ocean commercial salmon fishery disaster funds
SALEM, Ore. – A total of $7,050,722 is available to Oregon to address poor performance of Oregon’s ocean commercial salmon fisheries for 2018, 2019, and 2020. This includes impacts to commercial fishermen, processors, and…
Oregon’s Fish & Wildlife Commission meets in Tillamook April 18-19
(SALEM, Ore.)—Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission meets in Tillamook April 18-19 for a tour of area projects on Thursday and a meeting on Friday. To join the tour on Thursday, meet at the Terimore Motel, 5105 Crab…
Action Notice: Pacific Fishery Management Council Finalizes 2024 Salmon Seasons, Recreational & Commercial
4/10/2024 OCEAN SALMON ACTION NOTICE: The Pacific Fishery Management Council finalized their recommendations for 2024 ocean salmon seasons on Wednesday, April 10. The adopted seasons will be available at the PMFC’s website (www.pcouncil.org) in Preseason Report III, and…
Monkeyface prickleback could be world record; Fish caught by Tillamook woman April 1st
(SALEM, Ore.-April 5, 2024) – April Fool’s Day was no joke for Oregon angler Rebecca Jones when she caught a monkeyface prickleback weighing 4.8 pounds and 28 inches long, potentially the new…
Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Confirm Recent Wolverine Sightings in Nehalem, Netarts & Newport
Everyone needs a trip to the coast every now and then, right? Wolverine sightings continued this year with confirmed reports in Nehalem, Netarts and Newport over the last week and a half!…
