Abstract -- Statutes authorizing private salmon ranching were approved by the 1971 Oregon Legislature. Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 508.700-508.745) authorize issue of permits for chum salmon ("Oncorhynchus...

Abstract -- The Curry Watersheds Partnership deployed juvenile smolt traps (hoop traps) on two tributaries to the lower Rogue River in 2015, and on a tributary to the Sixes River estuary in 2017. This report...

Abstract -- Populations of Oregon chub Oregonichthys crameri, endemic to the Willamette Valley, have been drastically reduced. Factors in the decline of this fish include changes in flow regimes and habitat...