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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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ODFW to host second facilitated meeting with Wolf Plan stakeholders Oct. 9
by ODFW, OCTOBER 5, 2018

ODFW will host the second facilitated meeting with Wolf Plan stakeholders Tuesday Oct. 9 in Salem at the Oregon Department of Forestry Headquarters, Tillamook Room, Bldg C 1st Floor, 2600 State Street. Stakeholders deeply involved with the Wolf Plan update have been invited to attend. The meeting starts at 9 a.m., see the meeting agenda at https://bit.ly/2xYQvsz Professional facilitator Deb Nudelman with Kearns...
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Metolius Pond closes for winter after successful summer opening
by ODFW, OCTOBER 5, 2018
Metolius River

Metolius Pond, which is open to fishing for youth and disabled anglers only, will be closed to public entry from now until May 1, 2019. The pond on ODFW property in Camp Sherman opened this summer and was last stocked with trout on Labor Day. It will be stocked again in time for the May 1 opening next year. “The pond has...
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Hunter Creek closes to fall chinook angling October 15
by ODFW, OCTOBER 5, 2018

Beginning Monday, October 15, angling for fall chinook salmon in Hunter Creek is closed for the remainder of the season which ends December 31. This emergency regulation was triggered by 2013 Rogue Fall Chinook Conservation Plan measures to protect this small population of fall chinook. The plan calls for a minimum of 300 fall chinook migrating upstream; however, ODFW biologists forecast just 234...
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