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Being in the right place at the right time gives us the chance to see a much larger picture. Photo by Jon Baiocchi

Being in the right place at the right time gives us the chance to see a much larger picture. Photo by Jon Baiocchi

SHARE Program to Offer Wild Pig, Bear, Turkey, Quail and Dove Hunts this Fall
by CDFW, OCTOBER 7, 2018

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program will provide public access for wild pig, bear, turkey, quail and dove hunts on a property in Tulare County this fall and spring. This is the first year that SHARE has offered opportunities at Hart Ranch, which includes 975 acres of rolling oak woodland 15...
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Coquille Valley Wildlife Area reopens to public use
by ODFW, OCTOBER 6, 2018

The Coquille Valley Wildlife Area reopens in stages to public use in time for waterfowl season. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will reopen the Beaver Slough tract October 13 and the Winter Lake tract October 20. Both tracts make up the 660-acre wildlife area and have been closed since June 1 for habitat restoration activities including tidal channel construction. “Waterfowl season begins...
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Southern Oregon Bays Producing Salmon
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, OCTOBER 6, 2018
Rogue Bay

An unusually high amount of jack Chinook with a few big kings mixed in crossed the Rogue and Chetco bars last week, enough fish to keep fishermen trolling spinnerbait rigs. In the Rogue bay, if you didn’t have one on, someone around you did. And that’s what keeps people on the water, knowing that there are fish to be caught. “We have...
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Commission to adopt roadkill salvage rules Oct. 12 in Klamath Falls
by ODFW, OCTOBER 6, 2018

The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Friday, Oct. 12 in Klamath Falls at the Running Y Ranch Ponderosa Room, 500 Running Y Road. The meeting starts at 8 a.m. and follows this agenda. The Commission will be asked to adopt administrative rules to allow the salvage of roadkilled deer and elk beginning Jan. 1, 2019. The new rules are due to...
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BLM Will Begin Replacing Damaged Culverts on Sacramento River Rail Trail
by BLM, OCTOBER 5, 2018

A project to replace damaged culverts on the Bureau of Land Management Sacramento River Rail Trail gets underway Tuesday, Oct. 9. Access will be limited during the work that may take up to six weeks to complete. “Because we need to excavate the entire trail surface in multiple locations, we will restrict public access from the Keswick Dam Trailhead north to...
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Wildlife Officers Remove Cannabis Grow Site from CDFW Wildlife Area
by CDFW, OCTOBER 5, 2018

Law enforcement officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently conducted a successful outdoor raid on a black-market marijuana cultivation site in the White Slough Wildlife Area in San Joaquin County. In all, wildlife officers removed approximately 1,700 plants at the site. In the late summer, wildlife officers received information regarding a possible cultivation site. On Sept. 21,...
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