Post by south on Jan 1, 2020 18:26:14 GMT
Resident angler $44.00 Salmon/Steelhead tag $46.00 Happy New Year 
ODFW says increase is due to less people buying license. What do they expect with the kind of returns we are having with these fish?People are fed up with our hatchery system (ODFW jobs program) that has been a failure for 140 years to replace natural production. Salmon without rivers. I am not against all hatcheries we need some but this put all our eggs in one basket is causing more problems than they fix.
The definition of insanity: "doing the same thing over and over expecting different results."
Here we are 2020 and we still allow trapping of keystone species in the headwaters and tributaries that are needed for healthy fisheries. Beavers and wetlands create springs and seeps that cool rivers and streams. They also create habitat that feed and protect baby fish.
There is no reason why we cannot coexist with wetland mammals. How many corporate tree farms have eradicated these natural engineers? They bring in the trappers and blow up the dam to drain the wetlands. They plant more fir trees instead of natural deciduous trees in the riparian zone. Get rid of food supply and you kill off the keystone species.
This kind of crap is allowed and we call ourselves the "Beaver State". We need a new name on the flag for Oregon. Influence State and the dollar bill should replace the beaver.