Illinois River updates

Wild Winter Steelhead Go Catch-and-Release on the Rogue River for the First Time in History

This article is an update to our “Protecting Wild Steelhead in Southern Oregon” campaign, which focuses on improving the monitoring and conservation of wild steelhead returning to southern Oregon’s...

Rogue South Coast Management Plan: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Over the past two years, Native Fish Society has been neck-deep in the creation of the Rogue South Coast Multi-Species Conservation Management Plan (RSP) advocating for science based fisheries...

Let's stay vigilant for wild fish

On Friday December 17th 2021, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Commission voted 5-2 to continue the harvest of wild Winter Steelhead as part of their adoption of the Rogue South Coast...

Wild Steelhead Release

Since 2017, fishing guide Harvey Young, local River Stewards, and other grassroots advocates have advocated for the sustainable management of wild steelhead in Southern Oregon - the only place in...

Rogue River Discovery

A high desert surrounded by southern Oregon’s most urbanized area, the Rogue Valley presents a diverse landscape with unique challenges in conservation. Last week, I visited the area with Native...

Wild Steelhead Release: Building from Setbacks & Taking Next Steps

Thank you for following this thread on wild steelhead release in southwest Oregon. To everyone who made the drive to Salem to testify in December and January - we all owe you our utmost gratitude....

​Show Up January 17 for Wild Winter Steelhead

We took a big step forward, but we’re not there yet. It’s time to turn out even more support on January 17, 2020 at 11am to ensure wild winter steelhead in southwest Oregon are healthy, not...

Questions from the Community - Can You Propose a 1 Wild Winter Steelhead Annual Bag Limit for Southwest Oregon?

Questions from Our Community Q: Can we propose a regulation change for a bag limit of 1 wild winter steelhead per year? Native Fish Society ensures fisheries contribute to the long term health of...

Comments to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission: Release Wild Steelhead

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

Building a coalition for a sustainable wild steelhead fishery in southwest Oregon

Across their native range, there are twelve rivers in the lower 48 states and Canada where sport anglers can still legally harvest wild steelhead. All twelve of these rivers are in Oregon, and ten...

Congressman Uses Falsehoods to Urge Reopening Kalmiopsis and Wild Rivers Coast for Strip Mining

For immediate release Contacts: Dave Lacey, Hunter Creek River Steward & Oregon South Coast Tours, 541-373-0487, dave@southcoasttours.net Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center,...

Governor Brown Signs Suction Dredge Mining Reform Bill to Protect Oregon Rivers

Today, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3) legislation which establishes a permanent framework to manage in-stream motorized mining across Oregon. The bill...

Suction Dredge Mining Reform passes Oregon House of Representatives

May 31, 2017 Salem, OR – The Oregon House passed legislation today in a bipartisan vote to protect sensitive salmon and lamprey habitat from suction dredge mining. The Suction Dredge Reform bill...

Together Against the Mines

Wild Rivers Campaign Just seven miles upstream from River Steward Dave Lacey’s home in southern Oregon a foreign owned mining company was quietly working to develop a nickel strip mine on public...

Suction Dredge Mining Reform in Oregon moves ahead

Last month the Oregon State Senate passed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3-A Engrossed) with a vote of 21-9 to send it over to the Oregon House of Representatives, a move that would establish...

Strong Runs Winter 2017

Strong Runs ~ Winter 2017 ~ Issue 11.1 If you're a member of the Native Fish Society keep your eyes peeled -- our latest Strong Runs newsletter should be showing up in your mailbox this week! This...

Oregon State Legislature hears testimony on Suction Dredge Mining Reform (SB3)

February 3, 2017 To: Oregon Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee Re: Native Fish Society Testimony on Oregon State Legislature 2017 Session SB3 Greetings Chair Dembrow, Vice-Chair...