North Umpqua River updates

Volunteers step-up for Habitat Restoration

North Umpqua River, OR — On Saturday, November 5th, over 20 volunteers from the Steamboaters, National Forest Foundation, Native Fish Society, and other non-profit organizations gathered together...

First Lamprey passes through Soda Springs fish ladder 180 miles from the Pacific Ocean on the North Umpqua River

A long-anticipated event had hydro scientists high-fiving along the North Umpqua River July 22. Video cameras caught the first Pacific lamprey to pass upstream through the fish ladder on the Soda...

Umpqua Bass Bash - A bashing good time!

Court Hits Pause on Termination of Harmful Hatchery Program

PORTLAND, Ore – On May 18, 2022, a Marion County Circuit Court judge granted a preliminary injunction that pauses the elimination of the Rock Creek Hatchery summer steelhead program pending the...

Oregon Steps Up Protections for Imperiled North Umpqua Summer Steelhead

The North Umpqua Coalition Media Contact: Mark Sherwood, Executive Director 303-898-8988 mark@nativefishsociety.org David Moskowitz, Executive...

Frank Moore Eulogy

By PJ Tronquet An email from Dale prepared me for what was coming. The next evening, a text from Frankie and a call from Becky confirmed that Frank had died. People my age are dying all the time...

Fishermen, Conservationists Welcome Early Win in Case Over Outlaw Dam

Eugene – Steamboaters, WaterWatch of Oregon, and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens’ Associations yesterday welcomed a U.S. District Court decision denying a bid by Winchester Water Control...

Emergency Angling Closure of the North Umpqua River

The North Umpqua River will be closed to all angling from August 10, 2021 through November 30, 2021 due to low numbers of Summer Steelhead and extreme environmental conditions in the North Umpqua...

Restoring Wild Abundance - Flyfishers' Club of Oregon

Flyfishers' Club of Oregon Auction and Keith Hansen Memorial Paddle Raise supports NFS's work on the North Umpqua River Mark your calendars now for the Flyfishers' Club of Oregon's annual...

NFS and Partners Crank Up The Heat To Protect Oregon Coast Spring Chinook

Native Fish Society, along with our co-petitioners at the Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, have filed a notice of our intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to...

Recap - Winchester Dam Lunch and Learn

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - Native Fish Society hosted a Lunch and Learn featuring a presentation on Dam on the North Umpqua River with WaterWatch's Southern Oregon Program Director, Jim...

The Future Management of our Salmonid Fisheries

Jeff Dose is a retired Fisheries Biologist and an outstanding wild fish advocate. For 31 years of his 35 year career Jeff worked in the Umpqua basin and for 24 years as the Fisheries Program...

Winchester Dam - A Concern for Fish and Public Safety

Jim McCarthy, the Southern Oregon Coordinator for WaterWatch of Oregon has been working on bringing the rule of law to owners of Winchester dam for the past three years. As recently shared with...

Oregon Coast Spring Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections

PORTLAND, Ore.— The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced today it will consider Endangered Species Act protections for spring-run chinook salmon on the Oregon coast. NMFS's positive...

Endangered Species Protections Sought for Oregon Coast Spring Chinook

For Immediate Release, September 24, 2019 Contacts: Conrad Gowell, Native Fish Society, conrad@nativefishsociety.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity,...

The 2019 NFS Gathering: A Weekend of Community and Wild Fish

This September, Native Fish Society brought our staff, volunteers, supporters, and conservation partners together for a weekend of community building, learning, and fun. Converging on the emerald...

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

Public meeting announced for in-stream mining regulations in Oregon's Essential Salmonid Habitat

In the 2017 legislative session, Senate Bill 3 was passed by the Oregon State Legislature and signed by Gov. Brown that restricted in-stream motorized mining in all of Oregon's Essential Salmonid...