7HQ+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, February 28, 2024
ODFW announces 2025
annual wildlife art contest
2024 winner upland game bird: Gray Partridge
by Roberta Wise
SALEM, Ore. – Artists
are invited to compete in one
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stamp art competitions.
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contest receives a $2,000
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work is used to produce
collector’s stamps and other
promotional items with
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their habitats.
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mation on contest rules
and to order stamps and
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stamp_contest/index.asp
Entries will be accepted
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Sept. 27, 2024, by 5 p.m.,
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Industrial Dr., SE, Salem,
OR 97302.
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servation Stamp
Art entries must feature a
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habitat. Not all species in
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list of species. See contest
rules and entry form for
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Stamp
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Art entries must feature
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cies in its natural habi-
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ter, or Barrow’s Goldeneye.
See contest rules and entry
form for more information.
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Upland Game
Bird Stamp Contest
Art entries must fea-
ture California Quail in its
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contest rules and entry form
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artwork based on artis-
tic composition, anatom-
ical accuracy of the spe-
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Collector ’s stamps, art
prints and other promotion-
al materials are produced
from first-place artwork.
Proceeds from product
sales are used for habi-
tat improvement, research
surveys and conservation
projects.
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stamp art competition web-
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on the contests and to view
entries from previous years.
ODFW seeks Hunter
Representative for
statewide A&H Board;
apply by March 29
SALEM, Ore.—Do
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and passion for wildlife
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Hunter Representative on
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and wildlife conservation,
and ideally with an un-
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to apply. Application forms
are available at KWWSZZZ
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Statewide Board mem-
bers are appointed to four-
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Wildlife Commission. They
meet four times each year
in various communities
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plications, hear public tes-
timony and act as liaisons
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the public. Hunter Repre-
sentatives review project
proposals from a hunt-
er’s perspective and ensure
hunters wants and concerns
are addressed.
The A&H Board is
made up of seven
volunteers—three hunter
representatives, three
landowner representatives,
and the Chair—who review
and recommend wildlife
habitat improvement and
hunter access projects to the
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Commission. The A&H
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licenses and the sale of deer
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See the A&H Pro-
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questions on the position.
Morrow SWCD to meet
ference call, please contact
the SWCD beforehand at
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of the Morrow SWCD are
open to the public.
Morrow SWCD will
meet Tuesday, March 5th
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Service Center in Heppner.
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Heppner Daycare
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ships to expand childcare
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Heppner Water Control District
to hold annual meeting
The Board of Direc-
tors of the Heppner Water
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