“Recently, to keep communities safe from floods, Central Valley dam operators are opening the dams and making big water releases down the rivers.  This frees up reservoir space to handle runoff from snowmelt or the next storm.  In addition to protecting the public, these flood control dam releases provide important environmental benefits.  Generally, they’re really good for salmon. When salmon fishermen...
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Karen at the trap reports 55 fish came into the trap Monday. After a month of water flowing, the temps and flow finally getting the fishes attention. No ripe hens yet but that’s pretty typical of the early arrivals. 9 were green hens (not ready to spawn yet). A few at 22” 1 at 26” and a lot of smaller...
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Yesterday, U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a secretarial order to establish a Departmental task force to facilitate and prioritize the implementation of S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act). The bill was made up of more than 100 individual bills that were introduced by 50 Senators and several House...
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It doesn’t appear the rainy weather will come to an end any time soon, but unfortunately, the winter steelhead season will. Enough rain has fallen over the past week to keep the majority of the coastal rivers high and off color, essentially washing away the last week of steelhead season. As of Wednesday, the only green water available was to...
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This Thursday, March 28, the Oregon Legislature will hold hearings on four bills that could cause rapid reduction of Oregon's elk herds through authorization of damage tags for landowners.   1) HB 3227 will be heard by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill would establish an elk damage pilot program and issue limitless cow tags to landowners and others in seven...
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