2B | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Oregon joins Washington in closing Columbia fisheries
Plover
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to defend their young from
the perceived predator.
Left alone too long, or
too often, eggs or chicks
can die from exposure,
predators or people.
Recreation restrictions
occur in designated plo-
ver management areas:
small stretches of beach
along the entire coastline
where plovers are nesting
or could potentially nest.
These areas collectively
comprise about 45 miles
of Oregon’s 362 miles of
shoreline.
“Visitors will have ac-
Hult
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Rules:
• Clips can be submit-
ted for consideration on
Hult Center social media
pages by including the
hashtag #Hult TalentShow
Fishing
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Winter steelhead fishing
is open on the Salmon
River.
SILETZ RIVER: winter
steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has slowed down on the
Siletz River as of late. The
low clear water has made
for tougher conditions and
the fishing has slowed.
Expect more of the same
until we get some more
rain. Anglers are still
catching fish throughout
the system with a mix of
hatchery and wild fish.
Reminded to keep wild
fish in the water and
release immediately after
landing to minimize nega-
tive impacts to these fish.
The 4-mile bridge (aka
Steel Bridge) in the Siletz
gorge is open to motorized
vehicles but is only open
to public vehicles on the
weekend. Anglers can
walk/bike in the road
during the weekdays. If
anglers do walk in, they
can park at the 1-mile gate
and start from there.
ALSEA RIVER: winter
steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has slowed down on all
sections of the Alsea River.
Low water has made for
tough conditions through-
out the system resulting in
slower fishing.
The later returning
hatchery fish will continue
to move in through the
month of March and pro-
vide opportunities to catch
a steelhead. Until we get
some rain the lower por-
tions of the river will be
the best chance for suc-
cess.
Reminder: No over-
night camping is allowed
in vehicles around the NF
Alsea hatchery in the
parking lot or on any of
the roads.
The Alsea River receives
two different stocks of
hatchery steelhead, one
“traditional” stock that is
an early returner and
peaks in December/
January and a later return-
salmon and steelhead in
the Columbia River, effec-
tive last Thursday, March
26.
In a press release dis-
tributed Wednesday after-
noon, the Washington
Department of Fish and
Wildlife
(WDFW)
announced its decision to
temporarily close recre-
ational fishing and shell-
fishing statewide in the
wake of Washington Gov.
Jay Inslee’s order on
actions to limit the spread
of coronavirus (COVID-
19.)
O re gon
an d
Washington jointly man-
age fisheries in the main-
stem Columbia River bor-
dering both states and
seek to have concurrent
regulations.
At this time, other
ongoing fisheries in
Oregon
remain
unchanged, and fishing
for species other than
salmon and steelhead will
still be allowed in Oregon
portions of the Columbia
River as described in per-
manent rules.
Anglers are reminded
to follow the rules for
social distancing and
maintain at least 6 feet of
distance from other peo-
ple and minimize non-es-
sential travel, as directed
in an executive order
issued earlier this week by
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
ODFW also asks that
anglers and the public
help ensure the safety of
ODFW employees they
may encounter in the field
who are doing their jobs
by maintaining adequate
social distance.
As with the Washington
closure, ODFW antici-
pates the Columbia River
salmon and steelhead
fishing closure lasting at
least until April 8.
cess to hundreds of miles
of beaches that have no
seasonal restrictions,” said
Laurel Hillmann, Ocean
Shores Specialist for Ore-
gon State Parks. “By plan-
ning your trip, you can en-
joy the coast and help keep
these special birds safe.”
Detailed maps can be
found on the Oregon State
Parks website at oregon.
gov/plovers and on the
Siuslaw National Forest
website at go.usa.gov/xE-
h2h.
Visitors to the Oregon
Dunes National Recre-
ation Area (ODNRA) can
review go.usa.gov/xdwYQ
to identify unrestricted
recreation areas and in-
formation on riding motor
vehicles on the sand.
New restrictions on
North
Umpqua Spit
Later this year, visitors
to a 2.6-mile stretch of the
North Umpqua Spit with-
in the ODNRA will see
new restrictions, as plovers
have returned to the area
to nest after a long absence.
Restrictions will be in
place on the portion of
beach south of Sparrow
Park Road to the jetty,
which is managed by the
Siuslaw National Forest
and has long been des-
ignated as critical plover
habitat.
The
birds’
return
prompts the same restric-
tions that apply at other
plover beaches: the beach
will remain open to trav-
el by foot or horse on the
wet, hard-packed sand
only, with dry sand areas
off-limits.
“Visitors to the North
Umpqua Spit will still have
full access to more than
three miles of beach north
of the plover area,” Burns
said.
The date for when re-
strictions go into effect
at North Umpqua spit
has not been set. Visitors
should look for signs and
check the Siuslaw Nation-
al Forest website at go.usa.
gov/xEh2h for updates.
adults have steadily in-
creased, from 149 in 2009
to 423 in 2019.
Several land managers
oversee beach activity for
plover protection, primar-
ily the U.S. Forest Service
(USFS), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM)
and Oregon Parks and
Recreation
Department
(OPRD).
between now and April 10
at https://www.hultcenter.
org/stayhometalent show.
htm.
• Clips must be no lon-
ger than three minutes in
length. Use of copyright-
ed or protected materials
is prohibited, so no lip
syncing over other artists
work allowed.
Judging:
• Submissions will be
reviewed by a panel of
local judges including
media, local producing
companies as well as other
local performers.
Judges will review sub-
missions and on April 13,
will announce the final-
ists who will then have
their content shared for a
People’s Choice finale
with voting.
ing wild broodstock that
peaks January-March.
These two stocks com-
bine to provide winter
steelhead fishing opportu-
nities from late November
through March.
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen on May 22.
WILSON RIVER: steel-
head
Access may be limited
and many boat ramps and
campgrounds on the
Wilson have been closed
for the time being.
The Wilson is still a lit-
tle low and clear but is
predicted to be on the rise
this weekend, which could
get steelhead moving
again. There are hatchery
and wild steelhead
throughout the system.
Anglers are reminded that
the Little North Fork and
South Fork will close to
steelhead fishing at the
end of the month.
Trout season will
reopen on May 22.
YAQUINA RIVER:
winter steelhead
Winter steelhead is
open on the Yaquina and
Big Elk systems for the
season. January through
March is the typical peak
for winter steelhead in the
Yaquina/Big Elk.
• Trout stocking sched-
ule offline
We have taken down
the online trout stocking
schedule in order to pre-
vent public crowding at
waterbodies when we
deliver hatchery fish. We
will continue stocking
trout but we will deliver
on a slightly different
schedule and at some dif-
ferent locations to avoid a
rush of anglers showing
up along with the hatchery
truck.
We will continue to
stock popular lakes and
ponds as long as people do
their part and con-tinue to
use social distancing. We
want to spread out angling
effort in terms of timing
and physical distance
between anglers by not
sharing our stocking
schedule with the public.
Thank you for under-
standing and doing your
part to keep each other
safe.
NOTE: Local ODFW
offices do not have access
to the trout stocking
schedule either.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND
BEACHES: bottomfish,
salmon, halibut, surfperch
Bottomfishing is now
open to fish at all depths.
Fishing for lingcod has
been good when an-glers
can get out on the ocean.
The daily bag limit for
marine fish is 5 of which
only one can be a copper,
quillback or China rock-
fish. Anglers are also
allowed 2 lingcod per day.
The harvest of cabezon
will not open until July 1.
Anglers are also allowed
2 lingcod per day. The
harvest of cabezon will not
open until July 1.
Anglers may also
choose to fish the offshore
longleader fishery outside
of the 40-fathom regulato-
ry line, which is open.
Background on plover
protections
The U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service listed western
snowy plovers as a threat-
ened species in 1993, when
officials counted only 55
breeding adults. Since,
the numbers of breeding
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