SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015
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Siuslaw National Forest continues prescribed burns for thinning
A firefighter initiates a controlled slashburn as part of
seasonal debris disposal.
CORVALLIS —
Cooler, damp weather
is allowing firefight-
ers on the Siuslaw
National Forest to
begin burning debris
and piles of limbs that
have
accumulated
throughout the year
from timber sales and
land
management
activities.
Fall also is the time
when the agency
burns tracts of land
that benefit from peri-
odic fire activity, such
as on the Oregon
Dunes where fire tem-
porarily reduces inva-
sive European beach
grass and promotes
D ONATIONS
During the school year,
approximately 190 Siuslaw
School District high school stu-
dent athletes and 90 middle
school student athletes partici-
pate in one or more sports pro-
grams. These students not only
excel on the field, trail, track or
court, but also in the classroom.
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
better sand movement.
“Prescribed fires can
serve a restorative function
or contribute to land
resiliency by removing
unnatural accumulation of
materials that can fuel cata-
strophic fires under less than
favorable conditions,” said
Dan Eddy, deputy fire man-
agement officer for the
Siuslaw National Forest.
While firefighters attempt
to time prescribed burning
with weather conditions that
minimize smoke effects in
communities, citizens still
should be aware of poten-
COURTESY PHOTO
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F OSTER F UND
more credits than their non-ath-
lete counterparts.
To date, approximately 58
percent of the Siuslaw School
District’s students are receiving
free or reduced lunch though a
government program which
assists families living at or
below the poverty line. This is
one of the indicators for student
athletes who are applying for
an athletic scholarship through
the Ian Foster Scholarship
Program.
The
Siuslaw
Athletic
Booster Club donates annually
to the Ian Foster Scholarship
Fund.
In the past, student athletes
could use the fund for every
sport they wish to participate,
but of recent years, the fund has
dwindled to a point where each
student athlete can use the fund
only once per year.
Donations will assist low
income student athletes pay for
participation fees associated
with playing sports at both the
middle school and high school
in Florence.
Make a donation by mail at
Ian Foster Fund, P.O. Box
1972, Florence, OR 97439.
Permits
park or ride an ATV that day.
The temporary permit is valid
14 days from the purchase date
and is designed to fit on a vehi-
cle dashboard or kept with vis-
itors operating motorcycles,
open vehicles and ATVs.
Day-use parking permits and
ATV permits are also available
from permit agents statewide.
Visit www.OSPparkingper
mitagents for parking permit
retailers and www.oregona
tvpermitagents for ATV permit
agents.
Avenue, Westlake)
The abutment was damaged
by storms in 2012. Disaster
funds were made available
after those storms.
“We have been working with
FEMA and the State Office of
Emergency Management to
address the damage and look
forward to getting the facility
repaired,” said Mike Russell,
Lane County parks manager.
The contractor performing
the work is Tom Ayres General
Contractor, Inc., from the
Bend, Ore., area.
Estimated construction costs
are $45,000.
For more information or to
pick up a registration form, go
to Coastal Fitness, Siuslaw
Elementary School, or contact
a member of the Siuslaw
Athletic Boosters Club.
Florence Community PTA
serves all of the schools in the
Siuslaw School District, grades
K-12. The PTA is parents,
teachers and community work-
ing together to improve the
education, health, safety, and
well-being of children and
youth.
SABC was re-established in
2004, in hopes of creating a
large, membership based, non-
profit organization that would
raise funds to help support the
athletic programs of Siuslaw
middle and high schools.
adult coho and seasonal limit
of 2 adult coho (in aggregate
with other areas with the same
bag limit). The lower bay typi-
cally produces the best results
early in the season.
SALMON RIVER: Chinook,
cutthroat trout
The fall Chinook fishery is
producing well for both boat
and bank anglers in tide water.
Trolling, casting lures or bob-
ber fishing through the high
slack tide tends to be the most
productive.
Cutthroat trout fishing from
upper tide water through the
lower river can be effective
during the early mornings with
sea runs moving through this
time of year.
SILETZ RIVER: Chinook,
coho, steelhead, cutthroat trout
The fall Chinook fishery has
been producing fair to good
results in the lower bay up to
the head of tide. Trolling or
bobber fishing seems to be the
most productive.
The wild coho fishery con-
tinues through Nov. 30 with a
daily bag limit of 1 adult coho
and seasonal limit of 2 adult
coho (in aggregate with other
areas with the same bag limit).
The lower bay up to Coyote
Rock typically produces the
best results early in the season.
Summer steelhead fishing is
fair to good in the upper river
above Moonshine Park.
Cutthroat trout can be found
in most sections with sea runs
found in the mid to lower river
this time of year.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
Fall Chinook angling in
tidewater is fair to good.
Bobber and bait is producing
the best results. Summer steel-
head fishing is slow.
YAQUINA RIVER: Chinook,
coho, cutthroat trout
Anglers are having fair to
good results for fall Chinook
from the lower bay up to the
Canyon Quarry boat launch
area. Trolling herring or spin-
ners during the incoming tide
through the high slack typical-
ly produces the best results.
Small numbers of Chinook are
also up near Elk City.
The wild coho fishery is
open through Nov. 30 with a
daily bag limit of 1 adult coho
and seasonal limit of 2 adult
coho (in aggregate with other
areas with the same bag limit).
The lower bay up to the air-
port boat ramp typically pro-
duces the best results for coho.
catching yellow perch from the
fishing dock at the County
Boat Ramp and near the edge
of the weedlines.
Wild coho season will be
open until Dec. 31. The bag
limit is 1 wild coho per day
and 5 wild coho for the season
in aggregate with all other
wild coho fisheries in the NW
and SW zones.
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Volleyball
The junior outside hitter
and middle blocker was
selected by Far West
League
Volleyball
coaches to the 1st Team
all-league squad for her
play on the court this
season.
Honorable Mention
Makenzie York
Honorable mention is
given to freshman hitter
Makenzie York who was
also
selected
by
coaches to the 1st Team
all-league squad.
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HELP NEEDY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS
Siuslaw student athletics
out-perform their counterparts,
often receiving better marks
and higher graduation rates.
According to the latest data,
Siuslaw High School student
athletes’ average GPA was 2.94
while non-athletes’ GPA was
2.29, with athletes taking .5
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tially seeing or encountering
smoke adjacent to burning
areas.
If unsure whether smoke or a
fire is from a prescribed burn,
citizens can contact their local
fire department or the Coastal
Va l l e y I n t e r a g e n c y
Communication Center at 541-
750-7024 for more informa-
tion.
When feasible, the timing
and location of prescribed
burns will be posted on the
Discover Siuslaw National
Forest Facebook page and the
SiuslawNF Twitter handle.
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is
Saturday,
Nov.
14.
Registration on the day of the
event is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
Fishing
from 1C
to the head of tide.
Trolling, casting lures or
bobber fishing are all produc-
ing depending on the section
and conditions. Bank fishing
near the Hwy. 101 bridge or
up at the newly opened Don
Lindly Park (MP 7 on Hwy.
34) can be good for both
Chinook and coho.
The wild coho fishery
closed Oct. 15.
The daily bag limit of 1
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COOS COUNTY LAKES
and PONDS: Largemouth
bass, bluegills
Fall trophy trout were
stocked earlier this month in
Bradley Lake. Anglers fishing
from small boats or pontoons
have been catching several
trout. This is the only stocking
of trout in Coos County this
fall.
Fishing for largemouth bass
has been good in many of the
Coos County lakes. As the
water cools down fishing for
bass will be good throughout
the day. Bass will be concen-
trated near drop-offs and struc-
ture like submerged logs.
Yellow perch fishing will
start to pick up this month in
lakes like Saunders Lake.
Fishing a worm on the bot-
tom in deep water should pro-
vide lots of bites for yellow
perch.
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
The South Umpqua is cur-
rently closed to all fishing
until Dec. 1.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow perch,
coho
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin closed Oct. 31. The use
of bait is now allowed in
streams above tidewater. The
water level in Tenmile Lakes
is extremely low and boat
anglers should use caution
when boating in the lakes.
Tenmile Lakes is open all year
for trout but trout fishing has
been slow.
Bass anglers have been
catching several largemouth
bass in Tenmile Lakes. Bass
can be found this time of the
year in shallow water near
structure like logs or weed
lines. A few anglers have been
WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful.
Crabbing has been produc-
tive, and Chinook and coho
are still being caught in the
ocean off of Winchester Bay
and in the lower Umpqua
River.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, Dungeness crab, surf
perch
The ocean is now closed to
harvest of Dungeness crab
through Nov. 30.
The nonselective coho sea-
son in the ocean is now closed.
Fishing for Chinook in the
ocean from Bandon to
Winchester Bay has been slow.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son is open seven days per
week inside the 40-fathom
line. Anglers were catching a
few halibut near Bandon inside
40-fathoms this past weekend.
Fishing for bottom fish is
now open to fishing at all-
depths. Fishing for black rock-
fish continues to be very good
from Charleston to Bandon.
The marine fish daily bag limit
is seven fish and a separate
daily limit for lingcod (two).
Anglers can only keep 3
blue rockfish and 1 canary
rockfish as part of their daily
limit and there will be no har-
vest of China, quillback, or
copper rockfish.
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