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635-130-0030 Plan Strategies Strategies to develop and implement the Oregon Migratory Game Bird Management Plan and Program include but are not limited to the following actions: (1) Integrate state, federal, and local programs to coordinate biological surveys, research, and habitat development to obtain improved population information and to secure habitats for the benefit of migratory game birds and other associated wildlife species. (2) Develop and implement the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan and Program through training and information exchange between Department personnel and public and private cooperators. (3) Provide recreational, aesthetic, educational, and cultural benefits derived from migratory game birds, other associated wildlife species, and their habitats. (4) Seek sufficient funds to accomplish programs consistent with the strategies outlined in this plan, and allocate those funds to programs based on management priorities. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: FWC 67-1993, f. & cert. ef. 10-26-93
635-130-0040 Plan Implementation Actions to implement the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan and Program include but are not limited to the following: (1) Establish a Migratory Game Bird Committee. (2) Develop a Research Needs Program. (3) Review management practices on state wildlife areas. (4) Establish a Biological Surveys Program. (5) Establish a Habitat Program. (6) Develop a Department personnel training program. (7) Develop a Disease Contingency Plan. (8) Establish a Literature Review Program. (9) Conduct damage policy review and update. (10) Develop annual work plans for Department administrative units and personnel as outlined in the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan. (11) Review Competitive Trials for Hunting Dogs rules (OAR chapter 635, division 046). Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: FWC 67-1993, f. & cert. ef. 10-26-93
635-130-0050 Five-Year Review The Migratory Game Bird Management Plan will be updated and reviewed by the Commission every five years beginning in 1998. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: FWC 67-1993, f. & cert. ef. 10-26-93
635-135-0001 Oregon Wild Turkey Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The 2018 Oregon Wild Turkey Management Plan establishes state policy and direction for Oregon’s wild turkey management program. The 2018 Plan replaces previous plans. Section IV: Management Guidelines and Appendix I: Trap and Transplant Guidelines of the 2018 Plan are incorporated here by reference as administrative rule. Copies of the Plan are available at the Salem headquarters office of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302. The 2018 Plan also serves as an informational and historical document for the Department. (2) To the extent practicable, at least once every five years the Department shall review the Oregon Wild Turkey Management Plan and make recommendations to the Commission for any changes to the plan. Review of the plan should include incorporation of the best available science and should seek comments from scientific experts and the public. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 183-2018, amend filed 12/13/2018, effective 12/13/2018 DFW 85-2004, f. & cert. ef. 8-18-04
635-140-0000 Purpose These administrative rules establish the policy of the Commission for the protection and enhancement of Greater Sage-Grouse in Oregon. The "Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon" (2025) (“the Strategy”) [sets population and habitat management objectives, and defines and governs the Department’s core area approach to conservation of sage-grouse in Oregon. Figure 4.1, “Oregon Sage-Grouse Core and Low-Density Habitat Map” (2023), and Section 9 (Summary and Recommendations) of the Strategy are incorporated here by reference into administrative rule. The “Oregon Sage-Grouse Core and Low-Density Habitat Map” (2023), is considered the best available science on Greater Sage-Grouse distribution, available habitat, and core area and low density areas. These rules also advance sage-grouse population and habitat protection through a mitigation hierarchy and the establishment of a mitigation standard for impacts from certain types of development actions in sage-grouse habitat. In the event of a conflict between the “Strategy” and these rules, these rules govern. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162, 498.500, 498.502 & 498.504 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162, 498.500, 498.502 & 498.504 History: DFW 90-2025, amend filed 09/18/2025, effective 09/18/2025 DFW 121-2023, amend filed 12/27/2023, effective 12/28/2023 DFW 123-2015, f. & cert. ef. 9-1-15 DFW 37-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-11 DFW 94-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-05
635-140-0005 Population Management In accordance with the Wildlife Policy (ORS 496.012), the Department’s primary population management goal is to restore, maintain and enhance populations of greater sage-grouse such that multiple uses of populations and their habitats can continue. (1) Policy: Considering greater sage-grouse populations in Oregon oscillate over 6 to 12-year cycles, manage greater sage-grouse statewide to maintain or enhance their distribution and abundance oscillating around the 2003 spring breeding population level, approximately 53,000 birds, over the next 50 years. (2) Objectives: Consistent with the population management policy, manage Oregon’s greater sage-grouse populations to maintain stable or increasing population trends statewide and at the PAC-scale. Population trends are assessed between nadirs (troughs) of the population cycles at the statewide and PAC-scales. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 90-2025, amend filed 09/18/2025, effective 09/18/2025 DFW 123-2015, f. & cert. ef. 9-1-15 DFW 37-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-11 DFW 94-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-05
635-140-0010 Habitat Management (1) Goals: The Department’s habitat goals are to achieve the following, recognizing that such achievement is dependent upon authorities, programs, collaborative partnerships, and other factors beyond those within the Department’s authority alone: (a) Maintain or enhance the distribution of sagebrush habitats within greater sage-grouse range in Oregon; (b) Manage those habitats with a goal of protecting and growing ecostate A habitats to benefit greater sage-grouse while reducing or minimizing habitat threats and promoting resilience; (c) Avoid development actions in sage-grouse core, low density, and general habitats which adversely impact sage-grouse habitat or sage-grouse use of those habitats; (d) Limit the extent, location, and negative impacts of development actions over time within sage-grouse core, low density, and general habitats. In core areas, direct impact levels from development actions will be limited to no more than 3% of any “Priority Area for Conservation” and a rate not to exceed 1.0% over a ten - year period, as described in OAR 660 023 0115; (e) Require compensatory mitigation for direct and indirect impacts from developments within sage-grouse core, low density, and general habitats. Ensure such mitigation provides a net conservation benefit to sage-grouse and their habitat by providing an increase in the functionality of their habitat to support sage-grouse, consistent with OAR 635-140-0025. (2) Objective: Manage a minimum of 70% of greater sage-grouse range at the statewide and PAC-scale for sagebrush habitat in ecostates A (good condition shrubland), B (good condition grassland) and A-C (intermediate condition shrubland) and prioritize the protection and growth of these areas. The remaining approximately 30% includes areas of juniper encroachment, non-sagebrush shrub land, and grassland and should be managed to increase or maintain available habitat and facilitate connectivity within greater sage-grouse range. (3) Objective: Manage sagebrush habitats to achieve a net conservation gain of intact sagebrush communities (ecostate A) and maintain stable or increasing amounts of sagebrush and perennial grassland habitats in ecostates A, B, and A-C, at the statewide and PAC-scale. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 90-2025, amend filed 09/18/2025, effective 09/18/2025 DFW 123-2015, f. & cert. ef. 9-1-15 DFW 37-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-11 DFW 94-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-05
635-140-0015 Core Area Approach to Conservation The purpose of establishing the Department’s core area approach is to address greater sage-grouse management from a conservation biology perspective that identifies the most productive populations and habitats associated with meeting all life history needs related to ensuring sage-grouse viability in Oregon. (1) Policy 1. The Department shall develop and maintain maps that identify core area habitats necessary to conserve 90% of Oregon’s greater sage-grouse population, with emphasis on highest density and important use areas which provide for breeding, wintering and connectivity corridors. (2) Policy 2. The Department shall develop and maintain maps that identify low density habitat which provide breeding, summer, and migratory habitats of the Oregon statewide greater sage-grouse population. (3) When developing, revising, or maintaining the maps referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) the Department will use: (a) Sage-Grouse Local Implementation Teams to evaluate the maps and refine exterior boundaries by use of aerial imagery and local knowledge of sage-grouse and sage-grouse habitat; (b) Best available science to further understanding of greater sage-grouse life history and conservation needs; and (c) County governing bodies, or their designees, to provide local knowledge and input regarding changes in local land use to be incorporated in the core area maps and any related mapping changes. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 90-2025, amend filed 09/18/2025, effective 09/18/2025 DFW 123-2015, f. & cert. ef. 9-1-15 DFW 37-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-11
635-160-0000 Elk Management Plan Content and Purpose The document entitled "Oregon Elk Management Plan" dated February 2003 is incorporated by reference into these rules. Copies of the plan are available through the Department. The plan provides program direction, identifies objectives, and outlines strategies to fulfill management, research, and habitat needs. Together with the rules establishing elk seasons, this plan establishes the framework and the implementation of the Department's elk program. Notwithstanding the first paragraph on page 1 of the introduction of the Plan (which calls for review of the Elk Management Plan), the Commission will review the Plan when the Commission deems it necessary. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 History: DFW 38-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-11 DFW 95-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-05 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 13-1995, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-95 FWC 62-1992, f. & cert. ef. 7-30-92
635-160-0010 Plan Objectives for Elk Management The tables entitled “2016 Rocky Mt Elk Winter Population and Bull Ratio Management Objectives (MO)” and “2016 Roosevelt Elk Winter Population and Bull Ratio Management Objectives (MO)” are incorporated by reference as part of the Oregon Elk Management Plan. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 History: DFW 104-2016, f. & cert. ef. 8-9-16 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 13-1995, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-95 FWC 62-1992, f. & cert. ef. 7-30-92
635-160-0020 Plan Implementation Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 History: DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 13-1995, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-95 FWC 62-1992, f. & cert. ef. 7-30-92
635-170-0000 Black Bear Management Plan (1) The goal of black bear management is to manage black bear populations to attain the optimum balance among species protection, recreational uses, habitat availability, primary land uses, and other wildlife species. (2) Objectives to accomplish this goal are to: (a) Maintain healthy and optimum bear populations while providing optimum recreational benefits, and considering objectives related to other wildlife species and the level of human-bear conflicts. (b) Work to reduce the number of human-bear conflicts that result in the removal (lethal and nonlethal) of bears. (c) Develop, refine, and evaluate population abundance estimation through modeling techniques. (d) Continue to improve basic understanding of black bear management and ecology through applied research. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 59-2012, f. & cert. ef. 6-11-12
635-170-0001 Black Bear Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The Commission adopted the Black Bear Management Plan on July 17, 1987, and adopted the first revisions to the Plan on March 17, 1993. Copies of the Plan are available through the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. This document provides program direction, and identifies objectives and strategies to fulfill management, research, habitat, and status survey needs. The Plan is also intended as an informational document to assist resource management agencies with their wildlife programs. (2) To the extent practicable, at least once every five years the department shall review the black bear management plan and make recommendations to the Commission for any changes to the plan. Review of the plan should include incorporation of the best available science and should also seek comments from other scientific experts in Oregon and other western states. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 84-2013, f. & cert. ef. 8-5-13 FWC 25-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-31-93 FWC 55-1987, f. & ef. 7-23-87
635-170-0005 Program Objectives The objectives of the Black Bear Management Plan are: (1) Recognize the black bear as an important part of Oregon’s fauna, valued by many Oregonians. (2) Maintain healthy black bear populations within the state into the future. (3) Conduct a management program that maintains healthy populations of black bear, and recognizes the desires of the public and the statutory obligations of the Department. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: FWC 25-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-31-93 FWC 55-1987, f. & ef. 7-23-87
635-170-0010 Plan Implementation Implementation of the Black Bear Management Plan entails the following actions: (1) Obtain an annual return of teeth of 30 percent or more (averaged over two consecutive years) of the general season harvested black bear. A mandatory hunter check requirement will be initiated if the 30 percent goal is not reached. (2) Provide personnel and fiscal resource availability permit, begin a black bear research project in western and/or eastern Oregon by 1998. The projects will be designed to assist with development of population estimates and measurement of population trends. (3) Annual general harvest seasons will occur between the outside dates of August 1 and November 30, as long as the Plan’s harvest guidelines are met. If guidelines are not met, hunting restrictions will be employed as directed in the Plan. (4) Continue damage control efforts with a variety of methods, including controlled hunts, emergency hunts, general seasons, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Damage Control personnel, landowners, and other private individuals. (5) Evaluate the use of alternative methods to alleviate western Oregon tree damage. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: FWC 25-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-31-93 FWC 55-1987, f. & ef. 7-23-87
635-180-0001 Cougar Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The 2017 Oregon Cougar Management Plan establishes state policy and direction for Oregon’s cougar management program. The 2017 Plan replaces previous plans. Chapters III (Cougar Management Objectives), IV (Adaptive Management, Appendix B (Cougar Incident Response Guidelines), Appendix C (Captive Cougar Kitten Guidelines), Appendix I: (Glossary – Definition of Terms), and Appendix M (Process for Development and Selection of Cougar Target Areas) of that 2017 Plan are incorporated here by reference as administrative rule. Copies may be obtained at the Salem headquarters office of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302 . The 2017 Plan also serves as an informational and historical document for the Department. (2 ) To the extent practicable, at least once every five years the department shall review the cougar management plan and make recommendations to the Commission for any changes to the plan. Review of the plan should include incorporation of the best available science and should also seek comments from other scientific experts in Oregon and other western states. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 133-2017, amend filed 10/17/2017, effective 10/17/2017 DFW 84-2013, f. & cert. ef. 8-5-13 DFW 38-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-6-06 FWC 26-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-31-93 FWC 108-1987, f. & ef. 12-28-87
635-190-0000 Mule Deer Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The goal for mule deer management in Oregon is to manage mule deer using the best practices and information within the dynamics of changing landscapes and multiple land use practices to enhance recreational opportunities and public values. (2) Objectives to accomplish this goal are to: (a) Delineate herd ranges defining the year-round movements of unique mule deer herds as the basis for mule deer management across their range in eastern Oregon. (b) Inform management decisions for mule deer using rigorous methods for monitoring populations while accounting for changing habitat conditions and other impacts to populations at the herd range scale. (c) Maintain and enhance mule deer habitats in partnership with landowners and land managers such that overall conditions for mule deer are maintained or improved on summer use areas and winter ranges. (d) Manage mule deer populations such that overall numbers are consistent with available habitat conditions while accounting for social tolerance and public attitudes towards mule deer. (e) Manage harvest of mule deer at biologically sound levels. (f) Provide for optimum consumptive and non-consumptive recreational uses of the resource. (3) Chapter 13 (Issues and Strategies) of the 2024 Oregon Mule Deer Management Plan identifies issues facing mule deer and strategies to address these issues is incorporated here by reference into administrative rule. [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.] Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 71-2024, amend filed 08/23/2024, effective 08/23/2024 DFW 104-2016, f. & cert. ef. 8-9-16 DFW 95-2005, f. & cert. ef. 8-19-05 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 129-1990, f. & cert. ef. 12-24-90
635-190-0010 Plan Objectives for Mule Deer Management The revised “2024 Mule Deer Population Management Objectives” (2026) and the revised “2024 Buck Ratio Management Objectives” (2026) function as a replacement to Table 1, “2024 Mule Deer Population Management Objectives” and Table 2, “2024 Buck Ratio Management Objectives” respectively, in Appendix 1 of the 2024 Oregon Mule Deer Management Plan and are incorporated here by reference into administrative rule. [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.] Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 History: DFW 6-2026, amend filed 01/22/2026, effective 01/22/2026 DFW 71-2024, amend filed 08/23/2024, effective 08/23/2024 DFW 104-2016, f. & cert. ef. 8-9-16 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 129-1990, f. & cert. ef. 12-24-90
635-190-0020 Plan Implementation Reserve rule number Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183 & 496 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 183 & 496 History: DFW 71-2024, amend filed 08/23/2024, effective 08/23/2024 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 129-1990, f. & cert. ef. 12-24-90
635-195-0000 Black-tailed Deer Management Plan (1) The goal of black-tailed deer management is to manage black-tailed deer populations in Oregon to be consistent with both the available habitat of all lands of the state and the Oregon Conservation Strategy, compatible with primary land uses, and to provide optimum recreational benefits to the public. (2) Objectives to accomplish this goal are to: (a) Actively seek opportunities to work with all land owners and managers including Native American Tribes to restore, retain or develop black-tailed deer habitat. (b) Increase cooperative efforts with private landowners to actively promote black-tailed deer habitat, considering, and remaining consistent with, primary uses of the land. (c) Increase cooperative efforts with federal, state, and tribal land managers to actively promote creation, maintenance, enhancement, and restoration of black-tailed deer habitat. (d) Manage black-tailed deer populations to attempt to achieve escapement (buck ratios) and populations at benchmark levels while collecting information over the next five years to develop Management Objectives. (e) Enhance all recreational, consumptive, and cultural uses of the black-tailed deer resource. (f) Provide timely response to property damage concerns. (g) Identify key data needs and develop plans to promote and implement collaborative research projects. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183 & 496 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 183 & 496 History: DFW 144-2008, f. & cert. ef. 11-24-08
635-200-0000 Purpose and Applicability (1) ORS 498.022 states that except as provided by rule adopted by the commission, no person may purchase, sell, or exchange, or offer to purchase, sell, or exchange any wildlife parts. The purpose of these rules is to provide in one division all rules allowing the sale, purchase, or exchange of wildlife parts. (2) Each exception to the statutory prohibition applies only to the parts of lawfully taken animals. Unless otherwise specifically allowed by law, the sale, purchase, or exchange of the parts of any wildlife that was taken unlawfully continues to be prohibited. In the case of any enforcement action for violation of these rules, the burden of proving that the animal was taken lawfully is on the person who sells, purchases, or exchanges wildlife parts. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 96.012, 496.138, 496.146, 498.019, 498.022 & 498.042 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 498.019, 498.022 & 498.042 History: DFW 96-1998, f. & cert. ef. 11-25-98