ODFW Coastal Management Plan - Lunch and Learn On Thursday, September 9th, NFS staff presented a special Lunch and Learn about the ODFW's Coastal Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan (CMP). The Lunch and Learn covered: A brief... Aug 26 Voices for Wild Native Fish Clark Rector, a passionate angler and advocate shared his opinion on the release of wild steelhead in southern Oregon. Although new to the Pacific Northwest, Clark shares his experience on the... Aug 26 Columbia Steelhead in Crisis: Leadership & Loss on the Deschutes NFS River Steward Jeff Hickman, the owner and head guide of Fish the Swing, a highly respected fly fishing outfitter based in Oregon, recently announced that he is canceling his entire season of... Aug 25 Columbia Steelhead Crisis: What Needs to Happen Click here to add your name to the letter below and join the groundswell of public support speaking up for Columbia Basin steelhead! Dear Governors Brown & Inslee and ODFW & WDFW Commission... Aug 24 Columbia steelhead are in crisis. It's time for OR and WA to act! Aug 20 Deschutes River Fisheries Management Ask Fisheries Manages to protect wild steelhead in the Deschutes Basin and statewide implementing the newly adopted Climate and Ocean Change policy. Aug 12 Volunteer Opportunity – Rangewide Bull Trout eDNA Project and the Upper Deschutes River basin This fall, 2021, there is an opportunity to take part in a cutting-edge project to determine if threatened Bull Trout still reside in the Upper Deschutes basin. The focus will be on Little... Aug 12 Bring on the Goats! A Small Part of the Larger Picture It was the middle of May on the Deschutes, the time of year when the salmonflies are prolific and unavoidable. Tom Derry, Liz Perkin, and I were walking up the tracks to Tommy’s secret fishing... Aug 11 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... Aug 6 Older Posts