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Willamette Goose Target Area
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Contact Ron Bramlett: 503-798-3610
Open Fields funding is used to pay landowners on a per-acre basis to allow public hunting on private land in the Willamette Valley. Properties that experience goose damage are given priority. Landowners may choose to enroll on a “Welcome to Hunt” or a “By-Permission” basis. All By-Permission hunting reservations are coordinated through ODFW Staff.
Interested landowners should contact the Willamette Valley Open Fields Coordinator, Ron Bramlett, at 503-798-3610.
Hunting Opportunities
Note: for By-Permission properties, you must call 503-798-3610 to make a reservation
Google-based driving directions, interactive property maps, and search functions are available at www.OregonHuntingMap.com
A daily hunting permit is required on all Open Fields Access Areas. Permits are available from self-serve permit boxes located on each property. Hunters should reference the Detail Map for location of permit boxes/parking areas.
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Columbia Basin Access Program
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Contact Travis Shultz: 541-224-3182
The Columbia Basin Access Program operates similarly to the Willamette Valley Goose Hunter Access Program, but focuses on upland hunting opportunities on private lands in the Columbia Basin. Landowners may choose to enroll on a “Welcome to Hunt” or a “By-Permission” basis. All By-Permission hunting reservations are coordinated through ODFW Staff.
Interested landowners and hunters should contact the Columbia Basin Open Fields Coordinator, Travis Shultz, at 541-224-3182
Hunting Opportunities
Note: for By-Permission properties, you must call 541-224-3182 to make a reservation
Google-based driving directions, interactive property maps, and search functions are available at www.OregonHuntingMap.com
A daily hunting permit is required on all Open Fields Access Areas. Permits are available from self-serve permit boxes located on each property. Hunters should reference the Detail Map for location of permit boxes.
Open Fields Schedule
It is important to note that this is a limited duration funding source, and access projects may not be supported beyond the 2012/13 hunting season if additional federal funds are not made available.
At this time we are enrolling new landowners in both the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin.
Additional Information
Program Contacts
Matthew Keenan
Access and Habitat Program Coordinator
3406 Cherry Ave. NE
Salem, OR 97303
Tel: 503-947-6087
Fax: 503-947-6330
Matthew.t.keenan@state.or.us
Travis Schultz
Columbia Basin Open Fields Coordinator
Heppner District
Tel. 541-224-3182
Fax. 541-676-9075
Travis.R.Schultz@state.or.us
Ron Bramlett
Willamette Valley Open Fields Coordinator
S. Willamette District
Tel. 503-798-3610
Fax. 541-757-4252
Ron.E.Bramlett@state.or.us
Background Information
Oregon Open Fields is a grant that the A&H Program has been awarded from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) through the new Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program. Part of the 2008 Farm Bill, this program provides block grants to state agencies and tribes to increase public hunting access to private land and improve wildlife habitat on enrolled lands.
The A&H Program has been awarded funding for the first two years of a three-year grant. Year 3 funding has been awarded conditional on availability of federal funds. The A&H Board and the Fish and Wildlife Commission have approved expenditure of Year 1 funding only. |
