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Green water on the distant horizon
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 25, 2018
Mad River

Our coastal rivers are finally getting the flushing and scouring they desperately need. The latest round of storms has brought the rivers to their highest levels of the season, providing ample water for steelhead to make it back to the streams and creeks where they were conceived. The extra flows will also trigger the fish that are still swimming in...
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Big Waves Nets a Man’s First Fish
Jerry Back
by Jerry Back, JANUARY 24, 2018
San Francisco Bay

Six months since my last article here. I had planned on writing several stories with the advent of crab season back in November. I had gone out early on opening day to my favorite spot and promptly snared eight Dungeness Crab. The only problem? All nine were about a quarter inch too short! I went back out again to my...
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ODFW Recreation Report Highlights
by ODFW, JANUARY 24, 2018

2018 Free Fishing Days On these dates you won’t need a license, tag or endorsement to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon that’s open to fishing (crabbing or clamming): Feb. 17-18 June 2-3 Sept. 1-2 Nov. 23-24 Report your hunt -- Win a tag The mandatory reporting deadline for hunts that end Dec. 31, 2017 is Jan. 31, 2018. Hunters who report on time are entered to win...
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Oregon’s valuable Dungeness crab fishery gets underway
by ODFW, JANUARY 24, 2018

And they’re off! Oregon’s most valuable commercial fishery for the state’s official crustacean, Dungeness crab, got underway north of Cape Blanco yesterday. This year’s opening was delayed from its target start date of Dec. 1 because testing of crabs on some parts of the Pacific coast showed crabs were low in meat yield. In partnership with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission and the...
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Bobcat Image Named Winner of Wildlife Photo of the Year Contest
by CDFW, JANUARY 24, 2018

Santa Clara resident Shravan Sundaram’s photograph of a young bobcat descending a tree in Livermore’s Sycamore Grove Park earned the 2017 grand prize in the California Wildlife Photo of the Year contest. The intense gaze of the cat as it stared into the camera’s lens elevated it in the yearlong contest presented by California Watchable Wildlife and the California Department...
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1st meeting of Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia
by ODFW, JANUARY 24, 2018

Oregon’s new Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) will host its first meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Newport at the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Guin Library, 2030 Marine Science Drive. A full agenda for the meeting is available online, along with supporting materials. Oregon lawmakers created the OAH Council through the passage of Senate Bill 1039 last year...
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