The latest news from ODFW Anglers are reminded that beginning June 1, the Rogue River from the mouth upstream to the old Gold Ray Dam site opens to harvest of wild spring chinook salmon. In the zone between the dam site and Dodge Bridge, the wild chinook season runs July 1 – Aug. 31. Above Dodge Bridge, only hatchery fish may be kept throughout the chinook season. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/052112d.asp ODFW is seeking a Public-at-Large representative for the Access and Habitat Program's Northeast Regional Advisory Council. The Public-at-Large representative also serves as advisory council chair. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/052112c.asp For the first time in 36 years, anglers will be able to fish for spring chinook salmon in the John Day River. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/052112b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 31 on a fish passage waiver for a proposed new in-stream dam on Johnson Creek near Bandon. The meeting will be from 7-9 p.m. at the Bandon Community Center at 1200 11th St. SW in Bandon, Oregon. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/052112.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened a solicitation process to identify conservation projects to be recommended to the Bonneville Power Administration for funding under terms of the Willamette River Basin Memorandum of Agreement regarding wildlife habitat protection and enhancement. Project proposals will be accepted until 5 p.m. June 11, 2012. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051812.asp Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting a Family Fishing Event Saturday, May 19 from 8:30-2 at Eckman Lake in Waldport. This event is sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Waldport and is a great opportunity to take your family fishing. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051512e.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University announced today the appointment of five members to the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Committee. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051512d.asp Tour a wildlife rehabilitation center, trap invasive turtles and learn about Oregon chub. It’s all part of Oregon Wildlife (Heritage Foundation) and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s program, Firsthand Oregon. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051512c.asp Fishery managers have announced 2012 summer and fall salmon fishing seasons on the Columbia River. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051512b.asp Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting a Family Fishing event Saturday, May 19 at Mt. Hood Pond in Gresham. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051512.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Central Oregon Flyfishers will host a youth fishing event at the Pine Nursery Pond in Bend on Saturday, May 19. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051112c.asp ODFW Outdoors will host an adult fly fishing class at LaVerne County Park on the North Fork of the Coquille River on Saturday, June 2. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051112b.asp During the first week of inspection operations, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife boat inspectors discovered invasive mussels on two boats: one in Central Point and one in La Grande. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/051112.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment on a request for a fish passage waiver for an emergency culvert replacement on the Silver Falls Highway (Highway 214) at milepost (MP) 11.7 near Aumsville. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050912.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released a draft conservation plan for fall chinook salmon in the Rogue Species Management Unit today. The agency would like public comments on the plan. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050812b.asp Pacific harbor seal pupping season is in full swing on the Oregon coast. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists ask beach goers to stay away from seals and sea lions resting on rocks or beaches. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050812.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a Family Fishing event Saturday, May 12 at Peach Pond on the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area near La Grande from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050712c.asp Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is hosting a Family Fishing event Saturday, May 12 at Sheridan Pond in Sheridan, Ore. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050712b.asp Oregon's Fish Screening Task Force will meet Thursday, May 31 in Enterprise at the Best Western Rama Inn, 1200 Highland Ave. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050712.asp Oregon and Washington fishery managers announced the closure of sturgeon retention in the John Day Reservoir of the Columbia River, effective 12:01 a.m. Monday, May 21, 2012. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050412c.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a Family Fishing event the Alton Baker Canoe Canal in Eugene on Saturday, May 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This event is free and no pre-registration is required. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050412b.asp There are now a million more good reasons to go fishing in Oregon this summer. That’s because one of three popular Oregon reservoirs could have a fish that’s worth a million bucks to the lucky angler who lands it. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050412.asp A May 2 investigation by ODFW confirmed that four penned sheep (two ewes, two lambs) were killed by a wolf on private land east of Weston, Ore. in northern Umatilla County. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/May/050312.asp Salmon fishermen will get another four days to get out and catch a spring chinook under a season extension approved today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/043012c.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a Family Fishing event Saturday, May 5 at Reinhart Pond in Grants Pass from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/043012b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a free Family Fishing event at Walter Wirth Lake in Cascade Gateway Park in Salem on Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/043012.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a Family Fishing event Saturday, May 5 at Vernonia Pond from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042612b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Inland Sport Fishing Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, May 4 at the ODFW Headquarters at 3406 Cherry Ave. NE in Salem. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042612.asp The first of Oregon’s eagerly-awaited Pacific halibut seasons open Tuesday, May 1, and this year anglers can look forward to more fishing days thanks to a nine percent increase in this year’s quota. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042412b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting several town hall meetings around the state in April and May to get public input as the agency develops its budget proposal for the 2013-2015 biennium. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042412.asp Oregon Wildlife (Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation) invites you to learn about Oregon’s burrowing owls in the final presentation of the 2011-12 Discovering Wildlife Lecture Series. The presentation will be held on Wednesday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at the Ecotrust Building in Portland’s Pearl District. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042312b.asp Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is hosting a Family Fishing Event Saturday, April 28 at Trojan Pond near Rainier. ... http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2012/April/042312b.asp