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| Jump to: | Web Site News | ODFW News Releases | Fish & Wildlife News, Weather, & Travel Info | December 2003 Many people are still using spreadsheets to store their data, even though the data could be better managed in a database. Read about the use of databases vs. spreadsheets for storing and managing data in our December 2003 Feature. We now have a link to an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish counts site available on our Fish Counts at Oregon Dams/Fishways page. The fish counts are from 12 dams, including: Bonneville, Ice Harbor, John Day, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, Lower Granite, Mc Nary, Priest Rapids, Rock Island, Rocky Beach, The Dalles, and Wells. November 2003 Updated timing unit data tables are now available for the Deschutes, Grande Ronde, John Day, Rogue, and Umpqua Districts. Go to our Timing Data Tables page and click on one of the Districts to gain access to the data. Did you know that Oregon's Willamette Valley is currently the home for two native species of frogs, and the one introduced species? Learn about the frogs of the Willamette Valley by reading our November 2003 Feature. Check out our new Wildlife Photos page! Thirty-one photos of various wildlife species were donated to ODFW by Chris Carpenter of Couchindale Photography. We recently added a Carcass Placements page, with tables listing which streams received hatchery fish carcasses for nutrient enrichment from 1997 through 2002. From our Links page, you can now access our new Soil and Water Conservation District Links. This page contains links to the county soil and water conservation districts from around the state. October 2003 We have new lamprey photos! The photos were taken by photographer Chris Carpenter on the North Fork of the Siletz River, and they can be accessed from our Fish Photos page. Read about one of Oregon's most elusive wildlife residents in our October 2003 Feature. Keep yourself and others safe! Read our new Hunter Safety Tips page and remember to be careful while you are out hunting. The life you save may be your own. September 2003 This is no fish tale! Learn about Oregon's official record-holding game fish in our September 2003 Feature. Before you visit any of Oregon's forestlands during late summer and early fall, please visit our new Fire Information Links page and make sure the area you plan to go is safe and accessible. August 2003 Do you know what the most common name for creeks in Oregon is? (Hint: it is also the name of a large, omnivorous mammal.) Find out the answer in our August monthly feature, Little-known Facts about Oregon's Streams. Fire Information Links. This new web page contains links to current fire information and maps for the NW. July 2003 Do you know what percentage of all salmon, steelhead and trout caught in Oregon are hatchery-bred fish? You can find out the answer to this question and more by taking our Hatchery Facts Quiz. It's our monthly web feature for July. We are currently recruiting for two positions: a Life-stage Timing Data Technician and a Fish Passage Barrier GIS Technician. Please see our Job Openings page for details. June 2003 The June 2003 Feature is an online jigsaw puzzle. Challenge your family, friends and co-workers to see who can solve the puzzle the fastest! Additional Oregon Salmonid Timing Units have been added to the list of data tables that are available for downloading from our Timing Unit Data page. We are currently recruiting for two positions: a Life-stage Timing Data Technician, and a Fish Passage Barrier GIS Technician. Please see our Job Openings page for details. If you are going out to enjoy the great outdoors this summer, make sure you bring a map. Our Map Links page lists FREE online sources of topographic maps, trail maps, charts and more. If you need weather forecasts and road conditions information for your trip, check out our News & Weather page. FREE FISHING WEEKEND ON JUNE 7-8! Dozens of events are planned for this year's Free Fishing Weekend to give new anglers a chance to learn the joys of outdoor recreation and - with a little luck - the thrill of landing a fish. Many of the events are accessible to disabled anglers, and most events are geared toward youths. Free Fishing Weekend occurs June 7-8. Licenses and tags are not
required to fish in Oregon on these two days, but anglers must follow all
regulations for species and daily catch limits. More information on Free Fishing Weekend and the ODFW-sponsored events may be found on the ODFW website at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/InfoCntrFish/ffweek_2003.htm. Interested anglers may also contact ODFW's Angler Education Program Coordinator, Nancy Smogor, at (503) 872-5264, Ext. 5358, or Nancy.Smogor@state.or.us for more information. May 2003 Whale Watching in Oregon is our feature for May. Did you know that there are twenty-nine whale viewing parks along Oregon's coastline? Find out more by reading our Monthly Feature article. Fish timing unit data is here! You can download a coverage and/or shapefile from our Timing Unit GIS Data page, and our Available Timing Unit Data page will direct you to the data tables (in .xls format) that are available for download. Information on fish screening and passage projects in Oregon is now available. Go to our new Fish Screening and Passage Projects page to choose any ODFW District and view its data. Earn money for sport fishing! The 2003 Northern Pikeminnow (Squawfish) Sport Reward Program season begins this month. Tagged fish rewards are $100 per fish! See our Field Tips page for more information. Did you know that ODFW has Information Specialists to help answer your fish and wildlife related questions? You can contact the ODFW INFORMATION LINE staff by sending email to Odfw.Info@state.or.us or by calling (503) 872-5268. Their contact information is also available on our Fish & Wildlife Questions page. We have added a link to the Oregon Framework Implementation Team (FIT) on our Data Standards page. FIT coordinates the efforts on seven GIS framework layers including: elevation, hydrography, geodetic control, tax lots, transportation, administrative boundaries, and digital aerial photography. For an introduction to the Natural Resources Information Management Program staff, you can visit our new Program Staff Members page and learn about everyone on our dedicated and hard-working team. April 2003 For April, we are featuring Threatened and Endangered Species as our Monthly Feature. See a photo collage of several listed species that occur in Oregon, and access the Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS) for information on listed species within Oregon and the rest of the U.S. We have recently added updated Bull Trout distribution data to our Fish Distribution/Habitat GIS Data page. The data is available for downloading in coverage, shapefile, picture (100k only), and event table (100k only) format, and is provided in both 1:100,000 and 1:24,000 scales. Links to the metadata are also provided. For our your convenience, we have added a link to the Oregon Department of Transportation's Trip Check web site to our News & Weather page. The Trip Check site contains valuable travel information such as road condition reports, road cams, roadway incident maps, roadwork schedules, weather forecasts, and more. Consult Trip Check before your next business trip or recreational adventure! March 2003 The Monthly Feature for March is a map of the areas where the three subspecies of native rainbow trout occur within the state of Oregon. See if you can match up each subspecies with the correct area! We have added a new West Nile Virus information links page to our site. The 1:24K Project Completion Workshop was held on February 19, 2003 in Salem, OR. We have a list of 24K Project Data Contributors and a description of the Project's Primary Data Products available from our 24K Workshop page. February 2003 The February Monthly Feature is a Fishy Crossword Puzzle that you can play online. Test your knowledge of fishes by giving it a try! Our Tools page now includes a new Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) to Decimal Degrees (DD) calculator. A 1:24K Project Completion Workshop will be held on February 19, 2003 in Salem, OR. See our 24K Workshop page for further details. January 2003 Our 24K and 100K scale Fish Habitat/Distribution GIS Data have recently been updated. Metadata, coverages and shapefiles are available for all species listed, and pictures, status maps and event tables are available for some species. Updated Fish Habitat/Distribution Maps are now available. The maps are species and run specific, and contain both fish habitat distribution and fish passage barrier data. The January 2003 feature is a Crossword Puzzle Game that includes six questions about the state of Oregon. Answer the questions correctly and you will solve the puzzle! Our Tips for the Field page now includes a link to West Nile Virus information from ODFW. This information includes: virus facts, vectors, symptoms, and prevention. A link to Gray Wolf information and Oregon wolf issues is now featured on our Links page.
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