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CHARLESTON, Ore. – An unknown number of newly released hatchery fall Chinook salmon smolts died at a release site in Beaver Slough, a tributary of the Coquille River. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released the 37,600 smolts Sept. 11 and dead fish were discovered by the public a few days later. The fish […]
ROSEBURG, Ore. – Later this month, ODFW’s Umpqua Fish District biologists will begin a project to monitor spring Chinook salmon migrating up the North Umpqua River. Throughout June, biologists will trap and radio tag spring Chinook at Winchester Dam. Biologists will tag 100 each of wild and hatchery spring Chinook. The goal of the project is […]
LA GRANDE, Ore. – On March 29 near Lookingglass Hatchery in northeast Oregon, a fish tanker truck was involved in an accident while transporting approximately 102,000 spring Chinook smolts for release in the Imnaha River. The ODFW employee who was driving the truck is safe but received minor injuries. The accident occurred on a sharp corner […]
REEDSPORT, Ore. – Oregon hunters are offering a $500 reward for information on a poacher who shot a deer and left it dead in a Reedsport boat launch parking lot at about 3 a.m., June 17. The report must lead to an arrest or citation and the reporting party could opt instead for four hunter […]
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