BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard 2004 licenses now available Fishing, hunting and shellfish licenses and tags for 2004 went on sale this week at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. license outlets. As a result of the first fee increase approved by the Oregon Legislature in four years, resident anglers and hunters will see a $5 hike in the price of many of the most popular licenses and tags - including annual fishing licenses, annual hunting licenses, deer and elk elk, name applied to several large members of the deer family. It most properly designates the largest member of the family, Alces alces, found in the northern regions of Eurasia and North America. In North America this animal is called moose. tags, and combined angling harvest cards. Fees will not increase for juvenile licenses and tags or for hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. harvest tags or bear and cougar tags. Also, anyone harvesting clams or crab in Oregon during 2004 must possess a recreational shellfish license. The cost for a resident annual shellfish license is $6.50. Nonresidents will pay $16.50. All fish and wildlife fees are posted at: www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/Regulations/regs.html. Boat registrations under way The Oregon State Marine Board mailed courtesy renewal notices to nearly 100,000 Oregon boat owners during November. Boaters with "03" registration stickers on their boat will be the first to renew under the new "simplified" fee structure approved by the 2003 Oregon Legislature. The registration fee is now a flat $3 per foot, or portion of a foot, no matter what the vessel type. The old fee system was based on a sliding scale slid·ing scale n. A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income. . Also new for boat owners is the option of renewing their registration online and paying the fee by credit card. Those who prefer the old method can still register by mail or visit a registration agent. Oregon boat fees are good for two years. Mountaineer to speak Mountaineer Gary Scott Gary Michael Scott (b. 21 July, 1984) in Sunderland is an English cricketer who plays for Durham County Cricket Club. A right-handed upper-order batsman, Scott is the youngest ever first class player for Durham, debuting in 2001 aged 17 years and 19 days. will present a slide-illustrated program on "Summit Strategies" Friday in Eugene. Scott will talk about lessons learned during more than 30 trips to the Himalayas, attempts on Mount Everest without bottled oxygen, and a world-record 18-hour ascent of Denali. The free program begins at 7 p.m. at the Eugene REI store, 306 Lawrence St. Local bird count planned The annual "Christmas Bird Count The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, performed annually in the early Northern-hemisphere winter by volunteer birders. The purpose is to provide population data for use in science, especially conservation biology, though many people " sponsored by the Lane County Audubon Society will be held Jan. 4, 2004. The count is part of a nationwide effort to collect data on bird populations. The Eugene count is conducted inside a 15-mile diameter circle, with teams of volunteer observers assigned to about two dozen sectors. People who feed birds in their yards also can contribute by keeping track of birds that appear on the day of the count. For more information, or to sign up as a volunteer, call Herb Wisner at 344-3634. Expertise in bird identification is not required. LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. offers outdoor classes Registration is open for winter term Lane Community College courses in "Boating Safety," "Nature Photography" and "Introductory Rock Climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. ." Classes begin in January. The boating safety course will repeat in February and March. The community college also will offer a guided hike through the temperate rainforest near Cape Perpetua in March. For more information on continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). classes, call 463-5252. |
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