SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
W ATCH
REEDSPORT
—
The
Western snowy plover nesting
season doesn’t begin until
Tuesday, March 15, but beach-
goers will be noticing fences
and enclosures earlier this year.
Because high tides prevent
the safe installation of fencing
this week, Forest Service
employees erected rope enclo-
sures early around designated
nesting sites on the Siuslaw
National Forest and within the
Oregon
Dunes
National
Recreation Area.
The Western snowy plover
is a federally protected shore-
bird. Seasonal restrictions from
March 15 through Sept. 15
reduce disturbances while the
birds are nesting.
Campfires, pets, bicycles,
off-road vehicles and kites are
prohibited within the closure
areas as they can frighten nest-
ing adults, causing them to
abandon their eggs.
“We appreciate everyone’s
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FOR NEWLY MARKED PLOVER NESTING AREAS
efforts in helping this species
recover on our Oregon beach-
es,” said Cindy Burns, Siuslaw
National Forest wildlife biolo-
gist. “By sharing the beach, we
can continue to make it an
enjoyable place to be for all its
inhabitants.”
Signs attached to the ropes
notify visitors that the closures
won’t be enforced until March
15.
Nesting areas within the
Siuslaw National Forest
include:
Baker/Sutton beaches
Siltcoos estuary north to
within a mile of Sparrow Park
Road
Oregon Dunes Day Use
beach
Tahkenitch Creek estuary
Ten Mile Creek estuary
south to the Coast Guard South
OHV Trail
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service listed Western snowy
plovers as a threatened species
in 1993.
Habitat loss from invasive
European beachgrass, as well
as human disturbances, includ-
ing litter and discarded food
scraps which attract predators,
have contributed to the birds’
decline.
Part of the Siuslaw National
Forest and its partners’ Dunes
Restoration strategy is aimed at
removing European beach-
grass near nesting areas to
improve habitat conditions.
Detailed information about
nesting restrictions on the
Siuslaw National Forest, as
well as links to resources from
Oregon State Parks, can be
found on the Siuslaw Web site
at www.fs.usda.gov/siuslaw.
Beachgoers should watch
for signs and roped off
areas like these, which
designate the area as plover
nesting zones.
COURTESY PHOTO
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Reese Siegel
Siusla
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Volunters needed for fourth annual annual Dunes Triathlon, Duathlon
Dunes City is making plans
to host its fourth annual Oregon
Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon
on Saturday, May 7.
Though the city’s signature
event is several weeks away,
organizers are recruiting volun-
teers to help staff the event.
Volunteers provide invalu-
able assistance to ensure that
the races and venues run
smoothly and safely.
Volunteers also play a vital
Softball
from 1C
Practices will start in April,
with games starting in May.
the most volunteers.
The organization can be a
civic club, athletic club, home-
owners association or similar
type of group.
Be sure to include your orga-
nization’s name when register-
ing to volunteer.
If your group has the most
volunteers present on race day,
your group will be awarded
with a $250 check.
Volunteers are needed
between about 6 am and 1 pm
on race day.
Anyone who has a few hours
to spare and wants to be part of
this exciting event can call
Dunes City Hall at 541-997-
3338 to register as a volunteer.
You can also register online
with the event organizer, Best
in the West Events, at www.
oregondunestriathlon.com. Just
click on the “Volunteer” tab
and then the “Registration”
button.
The B&G Club will be hosting
and traveling to play teams
from Waldport, Coos Bay,
North
Bend,
Reedsport,
Bandon and Coquille.
Uniforms
have
been
designed and are waiting to be
ordered.
The program is also looking
for coaches, umpires and any
local businesses that are inter-
ested in sponsoring a team.
The cost to play is $100 per
player, and includes the cost of
the uniform.
Participants must be a cur-
rent Boys and Girls Club mem-
ber (a $25 annual fee).
The B&G Club has income-
based scholarships available.
country and track and field
programs.
The focus of these programs
is on attaining better fitness,
learning perseverance and real-
izing personal improvement.
The middle school program
prepares athletes for the high
school cross country program,
which has earned great respect
across the state for its success
at state competitions.
Fundraising helps provide
the resources needed to keep
the program running strong.
For more information, call
Eric Tanikawa at 541-997-
3518 or email rachellemcamp-
bell@gmail.com.
trap, were stocked into
Butterfield Lake to provide
additional fishing opportunity
for trout anglers.
These steelhead stocked into
Butterfield Lake are no consid-
ered trout and may be harvest.
The daily trout bag limit in
Butterfield is 5 trout per day
with only 1 trout over 20 inch-
es per day.
Dellwood office.
In the Coos Basin 1 addition-
al hatchery steelhead may be
retained per day for a total
aggregate of 3 adult fish har-
vested daily.
Recreational harvest of crab
re-opened from the Columbia
River to the California border.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
steelhead
Streams in the Tenmile Basin
are now closed for trout fishing
until May 22. Tenmile Lakes is
open all year for trout but trout
fishing has been slow.
Steelhead fishing has been
slow in Tenmile Creek and Eel
Creek. Thirty five hatchery
steelhead from the Eel Lake
Fish Trap were recycled back
into the fishery at Spinreel
Park. In the Tenmile Basin 1
additional hatchery steelhead
may be retained per day for a
total aggregate of 3 adult fish
harvested daily.
There will be excellent
hatchery steelhead harvest
opportunities on the South
Umpqua as the season pro-
gresses, especially around
Stanton Park in Canyonville.
there will be no harvest of
China, quillback, or copper
rockfish. Retention of cabezon
is prohibited through June 30.
B OTTOM F ISHING
Cabezon retention is pro-
hibited through June; this is an
annual seasonal closure.
The few boats that were
able to get out of Newport last
week had limits of large rock-
fish and nearly one lingcod per
angler. Effort in other places
was limited due to rough seas.
There’s a new rockfish on
the block. Deacon rockfish is a
newly identified species that
was formerly referred to as the
solid version of blue rockfish.
What does that mean for
you? Nothing in 2016. Every
rule that refers to blue rockfish
(like the daily bag limit of 3)
now applies to blue rockfish
and deacon rockfish combined.
S HELLFISH
A couple of regulations
were inadvertently left out of
the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing
Regulation booklet: (1) The
daily bag limit for shrimp (edi-
ble) is 20 lb. in the shell; may
be taken by traps, pots or rings.
(2) Each razor clam digger (as
with all clams) must have his
or her own container, must dig
his or her own clams, and may
not possess more than one limit
of clams while in the digging
area (except under a Disabled
Clam Digger Permit).
Current shellfish harvest
closures in the ocean and bays
due to elevated levels of
domoic acid as of Feb. 1:
Razor clams: Closed south
of Tillamook Head
Bay clams: Open coast-
wide
Crabs: Open coastwide
Mussels: Open coastwide
support role for all of the par-
ticipating athletes by providing
encouragement and hospitality.
Many of the athletes have
returned to the Tri/Du each
year because they appreciate
the enthusiastic volunteers.
The commitment is for only
half a day and all volunteers
will receive a free T-shirt.
Again this year, Dunes City
will award a $250 donation to
the organization that provides
Anyone
interested in
volunteering can
call Dunes City
Hall at
541-997-3338
to register
Basketball
The Viking senior was
named to the All-Far West
League Defensive team
for his work on the court.
He’ll also be playing in
this week’s South Coast
All Star game in Coos
Bay.
Honorable Mention
Destinie Tatum
Honorable Mention goes to
Destinie Tatum. She was
named to the All Far West
League second team and
the all Defensive Team.
She too will play in the
South Coast All Star Game
at Southwestern Oregon
Community College.
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Fishing
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WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook
Steelhead angling should be
good as the river drops from
recent high water. Fish are
spread out through the system.
Angling for Chinook is closed.
An error in the 2016 Fishing
Regulations mistakenly lists
river as open for hatchery
Chinook beginning Jan. 1; the
correct opening date is April 1.
YAQUINA
RIVER:
Steelhead
The winter steelhead fishery
is fair in the Big Elk and should
continue to produce over the
next few weeks.
Look for the next good rain
to push in another batch of fish.
Anglers are reminded that there
is a lot of private property
along the Big Elk. Casting lures
or bobbers fishing are the best
techniques for this river.
COOS COUNTY LAKES
AND PONDS: Trout
Lakes in Coos County are
open all year for trout fishing.
Last week 30 hatchery steel-
head, that returned to Eel Lake
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COOS
RIVER
BASIN:
Dungeness crab, steelhead, bay
clams
Steelhead anglers are catch-
ing lots of steelhead when con-
ditions are right. With the
recent rain the river might be
fishable today but too high and
muddy tomorrow.
Anglers are catching steel-
head drift fishing corkies or
eggs. Jigs fished under a bob-
ber area also catching several
steelhead.
The West Fork Millicoma
River is the first river to clear
after a rain followed by the
East Fork Millicoma and South
Fork Coos rivers. Anglers fish-
ing the South Fork Coos River
above Dellwood will need a
permit from Weyerhaeuser,
which they can pick up at the
UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is cur-
rently open to adipose fin-
clipped steelhead harvest, and
winter steelhead fishing will
improve as water levels recede.
WINCHESTER
BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful.
PACIFIC
OCEAN
and
BEACHES:
Bottomfish,
Dungeness crab
Recreational harvest of crab
is open along the entire Oregon
Coast. It is still recommended
you discard the crab viscera
(guts/butter) before cooking.
Fishing for bottom fish is
open to fishing at all-depths.
Fishing for black rockfish and
lingcod continues to be very
good from Charleston to
Bandon when the ocean is calm
enough for anglers to get out on
the water.
The marine fish daily bag
limit is seven fish and a sepa-
rate daily limit for lingcod
(two).
Anglers can only keep 3 blue
rockfish and 1 canary rockfish
as part of their daily limit and
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