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Sophomore Kim Pearson gets loose on a breakaway late In the gam e and
wild. 3S-36 eome-from-behind win over Silverton Monday night,
scores on a layin. Pearson helped the Sandy High girls junior varsity to a
Christmas floods kill hatchery fish
rearing program w ill be
changed by reducing an
experimental program at
Wahkeena Ponds, and the
salmon rearing program at
Stayton Ponds in the Santiam
R iver system w ill be reduced
by 1.5 m illion fry.
The following night, at
Cedar Creek Hatchery near
Hebo in the Nestucca R iver
system,
shifting
gravel
plugged an intake pipe to
holding ponds where adult
w inter steelhead were being
held. Loss of flow and debris
in the water killed 237, or
about half of the fish in the
ponds Hatchery personnel
went to work im mediately
when the problem was
discovered to restore flow
and remove the gravel and
High water and flood-
carried debris caused fish
losses at two hatcheries
operated by the Oregon
Department of Fish and
W ildlife in late December.
At Bonneville Hatchery on
the Columbia River, nearly
two m illion fa ll chinook fry
were killed Christmas Day
from
among some 26.5
m illion fry’ and eggs being
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held in indoor incubation
trays. A secondary screen in
the water intake system
became plugged with flood-
water debris causing a
reduction in flow through the
trays. Newly-hatched fry
died because of reduced
oxygen before the problem
was discovered Water levels
apparently did not drop
enough to set off automatic
alarm systems at the hatch
ery.
Five hatchery personnel on
duty Christmas Day were
kept furiously busy tryin g to
keep two water intake pipes
on Tanner Creek clear of
debris
carried
by
the
unusually high and d irty
waters. The intakes are
located half a m ile apart and
required attention every
half-hour during the peak of
the flooding
In addition, an electrical
problem at the hatchery, also
caused by the flooding, took
nearly half the day to
correct. Although the m ajor
intake screens that filte r the
hatchery water supply from
Tanner Creek were kept
operable, a secondary set of
screens where the water
enters the incubation fa c ility
became tem porarily clog
ged, reducing the flow
The losses cannot be
replaced at this date and
Fish
Culture
Supervisor
Ernie Jeffries said the
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dead fish.
The count was 136 dead
female w inter steelhead and
101 males. Most of the fish
were in poor condition due to
having been mixed w ith the
debris and gravel for several
hours, and all were buried.
Jeff ires says there is a
good run of steelhead in
Three Rivers, the Nestucca
trib u ta ry
on which the
hatchery is located, and the
loss w ill be made up w ith new
fish so the rearing program
can
continue
without
reduction.
Flooding
caused extra
work and serious problems
at many other western
Oregon hatcheries, but no
other fish losses occurred.
The Departm ent operates 33
fish hatcheries and rearing
pond networks throughout
the state.
Sportsmen are reminded
by the Fish and W ildlife
Departm ent that hunting and
fishing licenses and salmon-
steelhead tags expired on
New Y ear’s Eve, and now’s a
good
tim e
to
buy
replacements fo r those who
have not already done so.
Although the Legislature
w ill be considering a request
fo r a general increase in
license and tag fees fo r 1982,
the fees fo r 1981 remain the
same as last year.
Hunters and fishermen
who
have
reached
the
autumn of their sporting
lives should be aware of
special licenses available to
them. There are two types of
“ old tim e r’’ licenses and the
Departm ent gets lots of calls
from the elderly who are
confused about the d if
ferences between them.
The ‘Pioneer License’ is
available
fo r
Oregon
residents who are 65 years of
age or older and who have
lived in the state fo r at least
50 years. This license costs $1
for the hunting and $1 for the
fishing license per year fo r
the years between age 65 and
70. A t age 70 the pioneer can
get a
free,
permanent
pioneer
license.
Pioneer
license holders are eligible
fo r a $2.50 elk tag although
they pay fu ll price fo r other
tags and permits.
Healthy N ew Year.
W
all celebrate the New Year
in various ways But there is one way
we all want to celebrate it, and that is i
good health.
The New Year is a time for reflect
a time to make new plans and to set new goals
fulfillment of these plans and goals depends first
upon being healthy
The Physicians Association of Clackamas
County has served the health insurance needs of
this area through forty two New Years And each
year PACC reflects on its health insurance programs
and goals, to make sure their plans are compatible
with yours
For a healthy New Year, call the Physicians
Association of Clackamas County
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