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Shasta lake spotted bass report
by Jeff Goodwin, MARCH 4, 2017
Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake continued to experience a rapid drop in levels with a continuous and persistent release of water at Shasta Dam by the Bureau Of Reclamation. Flows of 70,000 cfs into the Sacramento River from Keswick Reservoir which lies between Shasta Dam and the lower Sac, has reduced the current lake level to 34' below full pool. Previous winter storms...
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ODFW Fish Passage Task Force meets in Salem
by ODFW, MARCH 4, 2017

Oregon's Fish Passage Task Force will meet Friday, March 10, 2017 at the ODFW Headquarters Office at 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97302. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is open to the public. The agenda includes updates from task force members, member vacancy recruitments, updates on the ODOT culvert repair initiative in...
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PFMC salmon officials to meet in Vancouver, Washington
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, MARCH 4, 2017
Chetco River

What is undoubtedly the most-important meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) regarding ocean groundfish, Pacific halibut and salmon will be taking place this week from March 7 - 13 at the Hilton Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver, Washington. During that meeting, the 2017 Preseason Report I for ocean salmon stock abundance projections will be adopted. "Preliminarily, it looks like we may have...
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Ryan Zinke the Right Choice as Interior Secretary
by Boone and Crockett Club, MARCH 3, 2017

The Boone and Crockett Club, the oldest wildlife conservation group in the U.S., today praised the bipartisan confirmation of U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as the new Secretary of the Department of the Interior. "This is good news for all Americans who cherish what our founder Theodore Roosevelt called the true health and wealth of our country - our natural resources,"...
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Wolf dies in unintentional take in northeast Oregon
by ODFW, MARCH 3, 2017

Wolf OR48, a Shamrock Pack adult male, died on Feb. 26 on private land in northeast Oregon after an unintentional take by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. The wolf died after encountering an M-44 device, a spring-activated device containing cyanide powder. The device was in place as part of Wildlife Services operations to control coyotes and prevent coyote-livestock conflict...
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Oroville Dam spillway work continues
by Sharon Waranius, MARCH 3, 2017

Oroville Dam work continues around the clock as the dam's spillway becomes the poster child of failing infrastructure. A reality that can only be dealt with, concerns continue as the mammoth requirements for repairs and improvements were revealed when the water to the spillway was completely shut off. Originally found on Maven's Notebook, below is an update of the situation provided...
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