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A12 Sports wallowa.com April 1, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain SEASON: 5XQVHFRQGODUJHVWLQ¿YH\HDUV Continued from Page A11 Without sharing estimat- ed, but lower percentages, Yanke says hatcheries at Big Canyon, also on the Wallowa River nearer to Minam, and at the Little Sheep facility just off the Imnaha River have ev- idenced an upswing in steel- head returnees within the past couple weeks. With the exception of the Wallowa Hatchery — where ownership is shared between ODFW and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — the three hatchery facilities in Wallowa County are owned by the fed- eral agency and operated by ODFW, says Yanke. 6WLOO WKH VWHHOKHDG ¿VKHU ies programs conducted for the Wallowa River and that for the Imnaha River are to- tally different, says Yanke, suggesting that counts and overall trends are not studied the same. A certain percentage of GIVEAWAY: Excess FDSWXUHG¿VK distributed Continued from Page A11 Rich Rautenstauch/Chieftain Cow Creek village as it is being called locally was pretty busy last weekend of spring break. Although it may look a little crowded there were plenty of holes to fish downstream. The week of weather on the river was beautiful with temperatures reaching into the 80s on Thursday. potential broodstock that ar- rive at the Wallowa Hatch- ery during a particular week during steelhead season are Are you overwhelmed with the stress? Do you feel hopeless or has the joy gone out of your life? Are you struggling to keep your family together? I can help! A few sessions can make a big difference. 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Other than that, ODFW’s primary objective for steelhead returning to Big Canyon is to be available for VSRUW¿VKHUPHQWRFDWFK This year has been espe- cially good along those lines, says Yanke, because waters in Deer Creek (where the Big Canyon facility sits) have re- mained low, causing many of WKRVH DQDGURPRXV ¿VK WR UH main in Wallowa River’s wa- ters just below Deer Creek’s Free Hemming! With your purchase of new JEANS! Choose from Five Great Brands Over 20 Styles OHSU Resident Brian Garvey, MD Shop Today! Open Daily 10 am – 5 pm 3/31/15 - 4/23/15 and 5/5/15-5/16/15 Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00am to 7:00pm Saturday 9:00am to 1:00pm 603 Medical Parkway Enterprise, OR 97828 Uptown Clothing & Accessories in Downtown Joseph 12 S. Main St. • 541-432-9653 Now you can get stress echocardiograms right here at Wallowa Memorial Hospital… FRQÀXHQFH WKHUH IRU OHQJWK\ periods of time. “There will come a time when instinct will overcome environmental variables,” says Yanke, indicating that the innate need to spawn will SUHYDLO LI ¿VKHUPHQ KDYH QRW DOUHDG\FDXJKWWKHODUJH¿VK Although variables reign, says Yanke, he suggests that bright, warm weather can prove detrimental to steelhead ¿VKLQJ ³,I ¿VK GRQ¶W KDYH cover and are more exposed, they are not as ready to bite,” Yanke says. He adds that it’s VKRUWO\ DIWHU D PDMRU ³ÀRZ HYHQW´ ZKHQ VWHHOKHDG ¿VK ing success seems to be more likely. Creel counts for the Wal- lowa River, a less than ideal indicator of overall success, according to Yanke, indicat- ed that during March 25, 26, 28, and 29 the average time it took to catch one steelhead was 7.9 hours. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg, says Wallowa Hatchery Manager Ron Har- rod, who estimates a total of between 1,500 and 2,000 steelhead from the Wallowa Hatchery and Big Canyon Hatchery along the Wallowa River, plus from Little Sheep Hatchery near the Imnaha River will be distributed or stocked in area ponds to max- imize benefi ts from the 2015 spring steelhead run on those two rivers. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), in conjunction with the Jo- seph offi ce of Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries, and Commu- nity Connection for the steel- head giveaway in Wallowa County, is spearheading an overall effort that’s sharing excess steelhead with food banks in Baker City, North Powder, Union, La Grande, and Elgin as well as with the local Community Connec- tion. Additionally, ODFW stocks steelhead in Marr and Weaver ponds in Wallowa County plus Roulet Pond in Union County east of Elgin. Jeanette Johnson, assis- tant manager of Community Connection’s Enterprise of- fi ce, said as of March 23 a total of 308 steelhead in three batches had been distributed from either the Community Connection offi ce in Enter- prise or the Wallowa Senior Center. Giveaways on Feb. 25 (75 fi sh) and March 23 (65 fi sh) RIBICH: EHS grad wins 1500 Continued from Page A11 Alternating between 1500-meter and 5000-meter races in the early season, Ribich’s goal is to run under 3:45 at the 1500-meter dis- tance, an accomplishment that would allow him, as a freshman, to qualify for the NCAA Division II Champi- onships to be held May 21- 23 in Grand Rapids, Mich. His next attempt to crack the 3:45 barrier at that roughly one-mile distance will come this weekend while competing at 1500 Continued from Page A11 nally beat out Central Linn WR ¿QLVK ¿UVW DW VWDWH 7KH On the boys’ side, Ent/Wal 2XWODZVKDYH¿QLVKHGVHFRQG RI FRXUVH EHQH¿WV IURP WKH to Central Linn the past four UHWXUQ RI WKH ¿YH VWDWH TXDOL years. “We’d like to break ¿HUVPHQWLRQHGHDUOLHUVL[LI that,” Moody said. Christoffersen is added), and Outlaws 2015 track and Moody is hoping this will be ¿HOGURVWHU WKH \HDU WKH 2XWODZ ER\V ¿ *LUOV $QGUHD %XWWHU¿HOG Wallowa County Chess Club • Better diagnostics during stress tests means improved outcomes Welcome Tourists and Players of all levels! Thursdays 4 to 8 PM • No more driving out of the county for this important test FREE! JOSEPHY CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURE We treat you like family 601 Medical Parkway, Enterprise, OR 97828 • 541-426-3111 • www.wchcd.org Wallowa Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and provider. 20th Anniversary of the meters in a track meet to be held in San Francisco. While in high school, Ribich won individual state titles in cross country and, in the sport of track, won state championships in the 1500 and 3000 meter runs. TRACK: 7KLV\HDU¶VURVWHU breaks participation record • New technology allows an ultrasound of the heart Ask your physician today for a referral for a stress echocardiogram! were of excess steelhead captured in traps at the Little Sheep Fish Hatchery, while 168 steelhead captured at the Wallowa Hatchery were dis- tributed at the two distribu- tion sites on March 18. Depending on the physical condition of the fi sh that have returned from the Pacifi c Ocean to complete their life cycles, one or possibly two additional giveaways could be in the offi ng. News about future steel- head giveaways in Wallowa County, says Johnson, will be aired over KWVR Radio or may be obtained by phoning Community Connection at 541-426-3840. Normally giv- en away on Mondays or even Wednesdays, the availability of fi sh to give away often is not known in advance. Harrod says, among steel- head returning to hatcheries in the county, enough are set aside to use for broodstock with the remainder either killed, iced, and distributed to food banks or planted in any of the three aforementioned ponds for sport fi shing. To prevent hatchery fi sh from negatively impacting wild steelhead counts, hatch- ery fi sh are not returned to open water and allowed to spawn, he says. Compared with high-count years when as many as 4,000 excess hatchery steelhead in Wallowa County are dis- tributed or stocked in ponds, Harrod describes the 2015 spring steelhead run as “av- erage.” 403 Main Street Joseph, Oregon Puzzle April 2015. 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