Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed a trio of depredations in Grant and Lake counties.  On August 2nd wolves from the Bear Valley pack injured a three-month-old calf on private land in Grant County.  On August 8th, a five-month-old calf was killed after it was attacked on public land by wolves from the Logan Valley Pack, also in Grant County.  This marks the 4t...

With cases of Chronic Wasting Disease reported in Idaho, California, and now Washington, Oregon is surrounded by the disease that is fatal for deer, elk and moose.  Michelle Dennehy, with Oregon Fish and Wildlife, said animals can carry CWD and transmit it for a long time.   ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish closure.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish opening.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was very busy last week with several depredations in the eastern part of the state.   Investigators were called all to private pasture land in the Silver Creek area of Harney County on Monday, February 27th.  Th...

Two wolves were trapped, one was killed, in Oregon’s Union County last week.  According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, two wolves from a new group in the Catherine Creek area were trapped by USDA Wildlife Services.  One wolf was ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said a male wolf was trapped and killed February 4th on private land in Union County.  The wolf was trapped by USDA Wildlife Services, acting as an agent at the producer's request.  ODFW said the wolf was trapped in the same pasture where wolves had previous depredated calves.   Wolves hav...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators say a livestock herding dog was killed in a depredation last week in Union County.  Crews were called to Bazine Creek area Thursday where the dog was found dead on private land.  While ODFW has not confirmed which pack is responsible for last week’s depredation, the Department says it could possibly be the same wolves responsible for a pair of d

Recreational crabbing is now open along the entire Oregon coast, from Washington to California.  That announcement was made Thursday by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and state Department of Fish and Wildlife.  Last month, the state closed crabbing between Bandon and the California border due to elevated levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid.   The cleara...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators were called out to two separate attacks on livestock in the eastern part of the state last week.  Crews were called to the Beagle Creek area of Baker County, where one dead and one injured calf were discovered.  ODFW sa...