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More rain and snow for the new year
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 8, 2017
Trinity River

This is the New Year and you need to turn in you 2016 steelhead report card and salmon harvest card. You can mail them in or do it by email, look on the back of the cards for instructions. The information on the cards are important for CDFW as they use it to help project the 2017 salmon harvest and...
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Flat seas and aggressive lingcod beckon salty dogs
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 7, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

Seas as flat as a sheet of liquid mercury beckoned anglers to trip the lingasaur fantastic out of the Port of Brookings Harbor last week. The extra-calm ocean conditions also tempted a few surfperch aficionados to slay the fatted redtail in beaches ranging from Crissey Field near the California/Oregon border clear up to the Nesika Beach Wayside north of Gold...
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Learn to hunt rabbits near Corvallis
by ODFW, JANUARY 7, 2017

Learn how to hunt rabbits in a safe environment perfect for beginning hunters. ODFW and Mary’s Peak Hound Club will host a small game hunting workshop on Saturday, Jan. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at EE Wilson Wildlife Area near Corvallis. The workshop will begin with a review of equipment and the dogs who will accompany hunters, including a discussion of how to...
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The Road Hunter
On Patrol
by Steven T. Callan, JANUARY 6, 2017

“That’s strange,” said Berg, pulling to a stop and reaching for his binoculars. “What’s that fancy new car doing out here in the middle of all these rice fields?” It was mid-morning in early August 1954, and the enthusiastic young rookie warden was patrolling for pheasant poachers near the Northern California farming community of Biggs. Born in 1925, Berg had enlisted...
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NPS Tule Lake management plan meetings
by NPS, JANUARY 6, 2017
Tule Lake

The National Park Service will hold three more public meetings to share the general management plan for the Tule Lake Unit. Virtual meetings will be held online on January 10 and 18, 2017. The virtual meeting on January 18 will also be hosted by The Japanese American Association of New York. In addition, a final public meeting will be held on January 18 in Tulelake,...
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Tire sudden sidewall failure
Before and After
by Don Stec, JANUARY 6, 2017

Well, winter is upon us again in the North State and it looks like it will bring plenty of rain and snow to the mountains. With the weather, I also expect to see collisions caused by what drivers describe as - “a blowout” of a tire. This is typical every winter as vehicles get out of control on the slippery...
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