OUTDOORS BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Editor's note: This week's Outdoors report has been condensed to make room for the monthly Golf Extra coverage. The full outdoor report will resume next week. NEWS & NOTES Annual McKenzie River clean-up scheduled The McKenzie River Guides, McKenzie Flyfishers and the McKenzie Watershed Council will hold their annual clean-up of the McKenzie River and its banks on June 28. Volunteer work parties will stage from Hendrick's Bridge Park at 9 a.m. and return to the park in early afternoon for a barbecue lunch. Anyone who can donate time, the use of a drift boat, or food, beverages or barbecue supplies for the volunteers' lunch is asked to call the McKenzie Watershed Council (687-9076) by June 25. Rogue River chinook Chinook, indigenous people of North America Chinook (shĭn  k`, chĭ–), Native American tribe of the Penutian linguistic stock. rule changes proposed
The 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. will hold informational meetings in Gold Beach and Shady Cove next week to discuss proposed angling regulations for salmon, including one that would prohibit most harvest of wild spring chinook salmon chinook salmon or king salmon Prized North Pacific food and sport fish (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of the salmon family. The average weight is about 22 lbs (10 kg), but individuals of 50–80 lbs (22–36 kg) are not unusual. while allowing "selective" harvest of hatchery-reared fish. Biologists say the wild population is "severely distressed" and needs more protection. The Gold Beach meeting will be held June 24 at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The Shady Cove meeting is set for 7 p.m. June 26 at the Upper Rogue Community Center. Odell Lake campsites closed for project Portions of the Deschutes National Forest's Trapper Creek Campground on Odell Lake will be closed June 23 through mid-July due to construction for a bull trout restoration project. Heavy equipment operations will close campsites one through four and campsite six, forest officials said. The restoration work includes narrowing channels, increasing the number of pools and adding spawning gravel on 1,275 feet of Trapper Creek. FISHING Best bets Salmon: Prospects are good this weekend by land and by sea. The ocean season on fin-clipped coho coho or silver salmon Species (Oncorhynchus kisutch) of salmon prized for food and sport that ranges from the Bering Sea to Japan and the Salinas River of Monterey Bay, Cal. It weighs about 10 lbs (4. opens Saturday along the central coast. This year's catch quota is 88,000, compared to 22,500 in 2002. Meanwhile, time is running out to take advantage of huge spring chinook salmon runs in the Santiam, McKenzie and Middle Fork Willamette rivers - more than 65,000 fish have passed over Willamette Falls. Trout: Eugene-area anglers will get a "bonus" this week, as the state finds itself with more 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. trout available for release than had been expected. About 2,500 trout will be released in Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge. this week. Regional highlights Rivers and streams: The McKenzie River should be very good for freshly stocked hatchery trout The Umpqua is good for smallmouth bass. A temporary rule adopted this week allows Willamette basin anglers upstream of Willamette Falls to retain one additional adipose adipose /ad·i·pose/ (ad´i-pos) 1. fatty. 2. the fat present in the cells of adipose tissue. ad·i·pose adj. Of, relating to, or composed of animal fat; fatty. fin-clipped steelhead within the salmon and steelhead daily bag limit. Lakes and reservoirs: Carman Car´man n. 1. A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. and Detroit reservoirs and Leaburg Lake were stocked with trout this week. Marine zone: The all-depth halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. season reopens Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The health closure on razor clams has been expanded to include all razor clamming in Oregon, regardless of where the clams are found, WILDLIFE VIEWING Best bets For a wildlife viewing challenge, try looking for the black swifts at Salt Creek Falls on Highway 58, site of the only known black swifts colony in Oregon. See them in early morning when they leave to forage for food or at dusk when they return. The swifts are believed to nest behind the falls. HUNTING Best bets Results of the 2003 controlled hunt tag drawings are now posted on the Web site: www.dfw.state.or.us. The Youth Hunter Education State Challenge, open to Hunter Safety Certificate holders age 19 and under, will be held Saturday and Sunday at Emerald Empire Gun Club. Details: Fred Peeters 747-8597. - Compiled from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Register-Guard reports. CALENDAR To submit events The deadline for calendar event listings is noon Tuesday. Submit listings to: Outdoor Editor, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene OR 97440 or e-mail them to mstahlberg@guardnet.com. Astronomy SATURDAY Eugene Astronomical Society: In observance of the summer solstice, the group is offering a solar viewing through specially filtered telescopes (weather and cloud cover permitting), 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. atop College Hill Reservoir, 24th and Lawrence streets, Eugene. Bicycling SATURDAY GEARS Bicycle Club: The club plans a 50-mile ride to Lorane; 9 a.m. at Alton Baker Park. SUNDAY Altair sports club: Plans a 24- to 30-mile ride on McKenzie View Drive, 10 a.m. Details and RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. : Jane Eliason, 345-2005. GEARS: Steve Jaschek will lead an 80-mile ride to Sharps Creek; carpool from Alton Baker Park at 8 a.m. WEDNESDAY GEARS: Plans a 33-mile ride on McKenzie View and Sunderman, 6 p.m. at Alton Baker Park. Birding SATURDAY Audubon Society: Biologist Dave Bontrager will host a birdwalk in the Dexter area; carpool from the SEHS SEHS South Eugene High School parking lot at 7 a.m. Details: Margie Paris, 484-0763. Fishing WEDNESDAY Cascade Family Flyfishers: Guide Gary Lewis of Roseburg will present a slide-illustrated program on fly fishing the Umpqua River for shad shad, fish, Alosa sapidissima, of the family Clupeidae (herring family), found along the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Florida and successfully introduced on the Pacific coast. The shad is one of the largest (6 lb/2. , smallmouth bass and steelhead, 6 p.m. at EWEB EWEB Eugene Water and Electric Board (Oregon) , 400 E. Fourth Ave., Eugene. Hiking FRIDAY The Obsidians: Chris Cunningham will lead a 4.2-mile hike at Tahkenitch Creek. Details and sign-up sheet at the Eugene Family YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. , 2055 Patterson St. SATURDAY The Obsidians: Five outings are planned: Sharon Thomas will lead a 5.4-mile hike along the Metolius River; Janet Hall will lead a 7-mile hike at Mount Pisgah; Ed Lovegren will lead a 14-mile hike on Rebel Rock Loop; Peter Asai will lead a trail maintenance work party at Tire Mountain; and Carolyn Kompanik will lead a car-camping and hiking outing at Smith Rock State Park Smith Rock State Park is a state park located in central Oregon's high desert near the town of Terrebonne. Its sheer cliffs of tuff and basalt are ideal for rock climbing of all difficulty levels. . Details, sign-up sheets at the Eugene YMCA. TUESDAY Altair sports club: Plans a hike on the main trail at Mount Pisgah, 9 a.m. Details, RSVP: Annie Luttrell, 463-9614. THURSDAY The Obsidians: Sandra Larsen and Margaret Prentice will lead a 7.3-mile hike at Baker Beach. Sign-up at the YMCA. Altair sports club: Plans a hike on Mount Pisgah, trail No. 7: 6 p.m. at the horse parking lot. RSVP: Laurie Marlow, 342-1208. Nature SATURDAY Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, : Celebrate the summer solstice with readings of nature poetry held outside under a canopy of majestic oaks, 7 p.m. at the arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. . Suggested donation $2. Details: 747-1504. Watersports THURSDAY Oregon River Sports: Leads a kayak trip from Island Park in Springfield to Alton Baker Park in Eugene every Thursday at 5 p.m. Details: 334-0696. SUNDAY Oregon River Sports: Plans a social paddle on the McKenzie River from Finn Rock to Silver Creek, 11 a.m. Details: 334-0696. WEDNESDAY Oregon River Sports: Leads a canoe and kayak trip on Coyote Creek at Fern Ridge Reservoir Fern Ridge Reservoir is a reservoir on the Long Tom River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The reservoir is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Eugene on Oregon Route 126. Fern Ridge Reservoir is a U.S. every Tuesday at 5 p.m. Details: 334-0696. |
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