ODFW Shit Sandwich
Despite overwhelming public sentiment against their proposed plan, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted to continue to allow the harvest of …
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Support catch and release for wild steelhead
In this Mail Tribune opinion piece Michael Finley, former chairman of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and former Oregon Fish and Wildlife commissioners Bruce …
Deschutes River Steelhead Closure Extended
Due to the poor returns of steelhead to the Columbia River Basin, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending steelhead fishing closures on …
Oregon to close some steelhead fisheries
Another day another round of bad steelhead news. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced emergency closures to recreational steelhead fisheries on several …
Imperiled Wild Steelhead Deemed Safe in South Coast of Oregon
Despite long-term declines in all of the remaining areas of the entire Pacific West Coast and Alaska, wild steelhead in the south coast of Oregon …
TAKE ACTION: Release Wild Steelhead in Southern Oregon
An important action alert from the Native Fish Society After a year of planning and stakeholder engagement, fisheries managers with Oregon Department of Fish and …
Oregon warns Willamette steelhead face extinction if sea lions’ feast continues
If sea lions continue their underwater buffet below Willamette Falls, they could push winter steelhead trout to the brink of extinction, state officials warned Monday. …
Oregon departs from Washington in banning Columbia gillnets
Yesterday we were left scratching our heads when we learned that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had “lost” 514,000 hatchery steelhead and cutthroat …