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The Fish and Wildlife Commission appoints the seven-member Restoration and Enhancement Board to study potential projects and make recommendations for project funding. The R&E Board consists of citizens from around the state that represent commercial fishing (3 positions), sports interests (3 positions) and the public (one position).
The board meets quarterly to review and recommend proposals to the ODFW Commission for funding approval.
The R&E Board recommends a balance between restoration and enhancement type projects as well as ensures recommended projects benefit sport and commercial fisheries. As part of the review process, the Board holds public meetings at least every 120 days throughout the state seeking public comment on projects being proposed. The Restoration and Enhancement Program (R&E) is a grant program that provides $4-6,000,000 per biennium to fishery projects throughout Oregon.
Projects recommended by the R&E Board will be forwarded to the Commission for review and final approval.
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Dave Grosjacques
Recreational Fisheries Representative
Second term expires December 31, 2025 |
Dave Grosjacques is a retired middle and high school science teacher and lives in Merlin. He has been volunteering on STEP projects since 1987, and was a member of STAC for two terms. He did stream habitat surveys as a contractor for the Forest Service and ODFW, and continues to do them for watershed councils. He is a board member on two watershed councils and is a member of three fishing clubs in Southern Oregon. He operates a stream table at kids’ events, and teaches a beginning fly fishing class each spring for the Southern Oregon Fly Fishers. |
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Kay Brown
Public-at-Large Representative
Second term expires December 31, 2024 |
Kay Brown, of Columbia City retired in 2003 after 30 years with ODFW and is the former Operations Manager for the Fish Division with extensive experience in budgets and legislative issues. |
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Vacant
Commercial Gillnet Fisheries Representative |
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Tom VanderPlaat
Recreational Fisheries Representative
First term expires January 1, 2026 |
Tom VanderPlaat is an avid outdoors person and been has provided many years of leadership in fish and fishing issues and policies. Tom has served as both President and Co-President for the Association of Northwest Steelheaders, which is one of the longest standing fish and conservation organizations in Oregon. He served on the ODFW Salmon Trout Advisory Committee (STAC) for eight years and held the position of STAC Chair for two years. As an active ODFW volunteer, he enjoys helping with various ODFW projects and programs, including youth and veteran fishing events, fish eggs to fry, carcass stream enrichment, hatchery improvements, boat ramp repairs, brood-stock collection, and various other fish related projects. |
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Ray Monroe
Commercial Troll Fisheries Representative
Second term expires September 1, 2023 |
Ray Monroe, Commercial Troll Fisheries Representative resides in Pacific City and is an Oregon Salmon Commissioner, a Pacific City Doryman’s Association Board Member, and has worked with the Tillamook Soil and Water Conservation District for 19 years. |
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Yancy Lind
Recreational Fisheries Representative
Second term expires October 13, 2023 |
Yancy Lind, Recreational Fisheries Representative is a financial advisor from central Oregon, a passionate angler, and has been extensively involved in several efforts and organizations including the Salmon Trout Enhancement Program. He has been involved with many fisheries issues in the central Oregon area. |
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Susan Chambers
Fish Processing Industry Representative
Second term expires December 31, 2025 |
Susan has worked for the West Coast Seafood Processors Association as deputy director since 2009. Since then, she's served on the Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) and other industry boards and commissions. She learned about commercial fishing by having her own sand shrimp bait business in high school and then, later, by being a deckhand on various vessels in Port Orford and Charleston. She also worked as a reporter and editor for daily and weekly newspapers, covering commercial fishing, on the South Coast or several years. |
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