Tag: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) is closing the spring Chinook fishery on the Hood River on June 1 - a month...

Memorial Day weekends marks the start of summer — and birthing season for Oregon's elk and deer herds. Elk calves and deer fawns are...

All watercraft entering Oregon are required to be inspected at an aquatic invasive species station when the stations are open. Failure to stop at...

The temporary regulation closing angling for and retention of spring Chinook in the Umatilla River basin has been removed and the fishery re-opens today. Angling...

Oregon and Washington fishery managers recently announced seasons and regulations for 2021 Columbia River summer and fall salmon and steelhead fisheries. Improved forecasts for summer...

State wildlife biologists counted 173 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 9.5 percent increase over last year’s count of 158 according to the Oregon...

The number of elk tags available for two hunts in Starkey Experimental Forest this fall will be reduced from what is currently printed in...

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has set regulations for a spring Chinook fishery on the Hood River: Open for adult hatchery Chinook...

A program launched last year to help turkey hunters reserve a hunt on private land in western Oregon (Willamette Valley and Roseburg) is back...

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) is conducting a study that involves releasing radio-tagged steelhead into McKay Creek, above the McKay...

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington recently adopted two recreational white sturgeon retention fisheries for the lower Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam. The first...

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) staff are planning to propose changes to the 2022 archery elk seasons to better manage elk...

Older than dinosaurs and still remaining primitive with boneless bodies, lampreys are fascinating fishes. A new Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife brochure is...

Make fishing part of your President’s Day Weekend/Valentine’s Day plans now that everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday...

State wildlife officials are encouraging big game and turkey hunters to report their tags online or at a license sale agent to avoid long...

The Bonneville Pool retention sturgeon fishery (Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam) will close today, Jan. 7 at 11:59 p.m. The...

Artists in Oregon and throughout the world are invited to compete in one or all three 2022 stamp art competitions put on by the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday formally removed most gray wolves in the lower 48 from the Endangered Species List, which turns management...

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) and wildlife rehabilitators are seeing an increase in reports of sick birds at feeders. Calls to ODFW...

Oregon and Washington fishery managers have decided to continue the one adult hatchery steelhead bag limit through March 31, 2021. The limit is for the...