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Healthy sandhill cranes have nothing to fear from coyotes when they can simply jump into the sky. USFWS Photo by Dave Menke

Healthy sandhill cranes have nothing to fear from coyotes when they can simply jump into the sky. USFWS Photo by Dave Menke

CDFW sells licenses, answers questions at Fred Hall Show
by CDFW, MARCH 1, 2017

Top leaders from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will participate in a discussion panel followed by a question and answer session at the Fred Hall Show underway at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach. The 71st annual show opened today and continues through Sunday. CDFW will also have a strong presence at two additional Fred Hall...
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Winter steelhead fishing continues
by ODFW, MARCH 1, 2017

Winter steelhead fishing continues Steelhead fishing conditions on many coastal rivers are close to perfect right now. Now’s the time to hit your favorite river if you can; with more rain in the forecast the great conditions may not last through weekend. Check out reports for the NW and SW zones for more details. Early season trout stocking is underway It’s not too...
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4 Fire Extinguisher Myths, Burning Boats Reel
by Scott Croft, MARCH 1, 2017

Boats burn every year and when they do, things get bad. Quickly. For boaters, acknowledging the possibility of a fire is an exercise in fear because there’s nothing more scary than to have open flames aboard and no place to go. I’d like to share two new videos from the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water that I...
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Severe winter makes responsible shed hunting critical
by ODFW, MARCH 1, 2017

As weather breaks and snow begins melting at lower elevations, more hunters are expected to take to Oregon’s outdoors—not for the chance to harvest a deer or elk but to look for their shed antlers. (Oregon’s buck deer shed their antlers from late December through March and bull elk shed them from late February through early April.) But one prominent member...
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Crossing the Bar at Humboldt Bay
Beyond the Breakers
by Tom Marking, MARCH 1, 2017
Humboldt County Coast

The Humboldt Bay Bar is the stuff of legends. There are harrowing tales of mariners having to cross the Bar at night or during storm conditions, leading to loss of life, with many a ship foundering and capsizing in the mouth and sinking out of sight or being crushed to splinters on the jetties. The Humboldt Bay Bar is considered...
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Kids learn to hunt turkey April 1 at White River
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Register by March 28 for the annual turkey hunting clinic for kids ages 8 to 17, a popular event sponsored by ODFW, Oregon Hunters Association and Celilo Bowmen. The event is Saturday, April 1 at the White River Wildlife Area near Tygh Valley. Kids who attend will learn the tricks, tips and strategies needed to turkey hunt including: turkey identification and behavior, scouting techniques...
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