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ODFW Weekly Recreation Report Highlights
by ODFW, DECEMBER 14, 2018

Help ODFW celebrate the #25DaysOfFishmas Follow #25DaysOfFishmas on Instagram to learn more about some of Oregon’s more interesting and unusual fish. Add bird watching to your holiday to do list Join other birders from around the state in the Audubon Christmas bird count around the holidays this year. Depending on the area, the typical one-day counts start in mid-December and continue into early January. Experienced...
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Lane County man convicted of illegally taken trophy mule deer buck
by Oregon State Police, DECEMBER 13, 2018

[News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: December 13th, 2018 11:05 AM] In 2015, Kevin Howard Noel reported taking an 8-pt mule deer buck in the Steens Mountain Unit during archery season with a valid archery deer tag. He subsequently presented the buck at a Northwest sportsman show for measurement, resulting in placing 1st that year for Non-Typical Archery Mule Deer,...
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Rain – and hopefully steelhead – on the way
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, DECEMBER 13, 2018
Smith River

Winter steelhead season has yet to kick into gear on the North Coast, but changes are a brewing. We have a couple decent storm fronts headed our way that will put all of the coastal rivers on the rise. If the rain comes as predicted, the rivers will see their highest flows this winter, except for the Smith. The Eel,...
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Good Day On the Sacramento River
Ramblings
by John Higley, DECEMBER 13, 2018
Sacramento River - Upper

With the salmon season winding down on the Sacramento River I fervently hoped to get on the water at least one more time. My idea was to have a little fun on my favorite northern California river, and introduce my adult daughter Meredith to river salmon fishing under the tutelage of guide Mike Bogue, who’s been guiding full time on...
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OHA increases reward in moose poaching case to $7,500, landowners offer LOP bull elk tag
by Oregon Hunters Association, DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Oregon Hunters Association is offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case of a bull moose poached in Wallowa County, and area landowners are offering an LOP bull elk tag as part of the reward. Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Troopers are asking for the public’s assistance in locating and apprehending whoever is responsible...
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Stinky Salmon and Other Natural Fertilizers
by FISHBIO, DECEMBER 10, 2018

From dying salmon, mighty redwoods grow. Scientists have long studied how the expansive, lush forests of the Pacific Northwest are nourished by an annual fertilizer boostprovided by migrating salmon. As salmon return from the ocean, where they can gain more than 98% of their body weight, they import a wealth of nutrients from their marine feeding grounds to the freshwater habitats of their birth. Stream networks...
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