Both the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and the 1999 Oregon Legislature directed ODFW to review the number of licenses for elk by early 2001. The hunter killed the cougar. When tagging it, however, the hunter discovered that while he had paid for his cougar tag with his sport pac, he had not picked up the tag. As a result, he may not keep the cougar, according to ODFW policy. Wildlife Division is in the process of providing comments together with the Fish Division.
Some possibility exists for submitting a proposal to OWEB if additional funds are needed.
Research proposal was submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service on schedule on Nov. 17th, on a CD containing 1600 plus pages. The submission covered 8 ESUs and included 69 research and monitoring projects from all state, federal, tribal, university, and private groups working in the 4d ESUs in Oregon. For the first time, the State of Oregon has a complete record of what activities are being conducted where. The Oregon Plan Monitoring Team will now be able to use this database to work with our partners in continued improvement and coordination of our collective monitoring efforts. Coastal Hatchery Coho and Chinook Spawning in Full Swing - Adult coho collections at coastal hatcheries to date are 6115 adults and 6483 jacks.