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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. The agency operates hatcheries, issues hunting and angling licenses, advises on habitat protection, and sponsors public education programs.
The following list of freshwater fish species and subspecies known to occur in the U.S. state of Oregon is primarily taken from "Inland Fishes of Washington" by Richard S. Wydoski and Richard R. Whitney (2003), but some species and subspecies have been added from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) website.
May 4, 2024 at 12:56 PM. Kaitlin Lovell, left, and Debbie Colbert, right, are the two finalists to become the next director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Two finalists have...
The Summer Lake Wildlife Area (also known as Summer Lake State Game Management Area) is a 29.6-square-mile (77 km 2) wildlife refuge located on the northwestern edge of the Great Basin drainage in south-central Oregon. It is administered by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Curt Melcher has worked for ODFW since 1985 and in 2014 became the director, a position that has a major role in managing Oregon's flora and fauna.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps ...
Fauna of Oregon. The fauna of the State of Oregon includes a wide array of species. The Common Nighthawk is one of more than 50 species of birds seen in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The western meadowlark is Oregon's state bird. The North American beaver is Oregon's state mammal.
Swim to freedom! Truck carrying 100,000 live salmon crashes – tipping fish into creek. An Oregon fish tanker truck carrying around 102,000 live salmon overturned on a sharp bend – but as fate ...
The Oregon Coast Aquarium is an aquarium in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1992, the facility sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) along Yaquina Bay near the Pacific Ocean. The aquarium was home to Keiko, the orca who starred in the movie Free Willy, from January 7, 1996, until September 9, 1998, when he was shipped to Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Denman Wildlife Area (originally the Rogue Valley Game Management Area) is a wildlife management area near Eagle Point, Oregon, in the United States. It was named in honor of Kenneth Denman, an attorney from nearby Medford, Oregon, who lobbied for the creation of the area in 1954.