North Umpqua wild summer steelhead count increases
The numbers of wild summer steelhead in the North Umpqua River are up from last year’s low of 450 fish. As of June 21, 544 …
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ODFW votes to end N. Umpqua summer steelhead hatchery release
Somewhere Frank Moore is smiling. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has decided not to release hatchery summer steelhead smolts into the North Umpqua River …
ODFW Monitoring N. Umpqua Summer Steelhead, Possible Closures
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff is increasing monitoring for North Umpqua summer steelhead returns and is preparing anglers for possible closures. A …
Wild Fish on the North Umpqua Need Your Help
From Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ROSEBURG, Ore – With recent low returns of summer steelhead to the North Umpqua basin, ODFW is seeking …
North Umpqua Summer Steelhead At Risk from Ongoing Hatchery Releases
The North Umpqua should be a wild steelhead gene bank. On January 31, 2022, the North Umpqua Coalition, consisting of The Conservation Angler, Native Fish …
North Umpqua River, tributaries, closed to all angling
Welcome to the new normal. Oregon state fishery managers have closed the North Umpqua River and its tributaries to all angling from the mouth to …
Jumpers at Deadline Falls
Spring Chinook and summer steelhead attempting to migrate up the North Umpqua.
The Sentinel of the Big Bend Pool
This fall, the Wild Steelhead Coalition honored Lee Spencer’s remarkable work on behalf of wild steelhead with their Conservation Award. The award gratefully acknowledges Spencer’s …
I Might Have Taken a Future President Fishing
He had orange-ish hair, no patience, and no skills. Hmmm…. In the summer of 1972, my wife, Hilde, and I worked at a North Umpqua …