ODFW Wildlife Management Units

Identification Information

Citation

Originator: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Publish Date: 07/2016

Online Link: None

BPA Project #:

Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Chris Cowin

Job Position: Wildlife GIS Analyst

Telephone: 503-947-6098

E-Mail Address: Chris.D.Cowin@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: For the purpose of managing Oregon's wildlife, the State has been divided into separate described areas called wildlife units or wildlife management units (WMUs). The digital version of the WMUs was published in 2010 and revised in 2016. The 2016 version extended the northern boundary of several units along the lower Columbia River north to the state boundary rather than the southern shoreline of the Columbia River.

Purpose: For the purpose of wildlife management. These areas are called wildlife units. Whenever reference is made to a wildlife unit by name or designated number in any rule of the department, the area description provided in Division 080 shall apply, unless otherwise specified by the given rule. Areas described within a Wildlife Unit as a subunit are also described by a number which includes the Wildlife Unit number as its last two digits. Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 496.162 Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 496.162 Hist.: DFW 47-1999, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-99

Time Period of Content: Present

Geographic Extent: Statewide

Status: Final

Use Constraints:

Format: GIS shapefile and KML

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source: Lines digitized per the legal descriptions in the Oregon Big Game Handbook; data scale is approximately 1:24000. Refinements were made in 2016.

Data Information

No data information was supplied.

Entity and Attribute Information

Attributes Description: Field attribute information is available in the database table field descriptions.

Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Unknown