The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is a

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agency of the

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Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. The agency operates hatcheries, issues hunting and angling licenses, advises on habitat protection, and sponsors public education programs. Its history dates to the 1878 establishment of the office of Columbia River Fish Warden. Since 1931, enforcement of Oregon's Fish and Game laws has been the responsibility of the Oregon State Police rather than separate wardens.

Hunting, Fishing, Shellfishing and Wildlife viewing

A study was done in 2008 by ODFW and Travel Oregon to find the results of expenditures made throughout Oregon from residents and nonresidents that participated in the economic significance of fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing, and shellfish harvesting in Oregon. Roughly 2.8 million residents and non-residents participated in either hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, and shellfish harvesting. 631,000 fished, 282,000 hunted, 175,000 harvested shellfish, and 1.7 million participated in wildlife viewing. During 2008 $2.5 billion in expenditures was made as a result of these activities. All regions of Oregon had benefited from the amount of expenditures made during 2008. Of this report fishing had a response rate of only 18%, hunting had a response rate of 26%, shellfishing had a response rate of 35% and wildlife viewing had a response rate of 62%.

Hunting

282,000 residents and non-residents participated in hunting in 2008 from this residents and non-resident made travel generated expenditures of $104,458,000, $31,574,000 was spent on local recreation and $381,908,000 was spent from equipment.

Fishing

631,000 residents and non-residents participated in fishing in 2008 from those that participated they spent a total of $264,605,000 on travel generated expenditures. $76,905,000 was spent on local recreation and $441,356,000 was spent on equipment.

Shellfishing

175,000 residents and non-residents participated in shellfishing in 2008 from those that participated they spent a total of $31,039,000 on travel generated expenditures. $5,256,000 was spent on local recreation and $135,688,000 was spent on equipment.

Wildlife viewing

1,700,000 residents and non-residents participated in wildlife viewing in 2008 from those that participated they spent a total of $462,087,000 on travel generated expenditures. $33,173,000 was spent on local recreation and $527,980,000 was spent on equipment.

Oregon Wildlife Management Units

0. Warm Springs Indian Res. 10. Saddle Mountain 11. Scappoose 12. Wilson 14. Trask 15. Willamette 16. Santiam 17. Stott Mountain 18. Alsea 19. Mckenzie 20. Siuslaw 21. Indigo 22. Dixon 23. Melrose 24. Tioga 25. Sixes 26. Powers 27. Chetco 28. Applegate 29. Evans Creek 30. Rogue 31. Keno 32. Klamath Falls 33. Sprague 34. Upper Deschutes 35. Paulina 36. Maury 37. Ochoco 38. Grizzly 39. Metolius 40. Maupin 41. White River 42. Hood 43. Biggs 44. Columbia Basin 45. Fossil 46. Murderers Creek 47. Northside 48. Heppner 49. Ukiah 50. Desolation 51. Sumpter 52. Starkey 53. Catherine Creek 54. Mount Emily 55. Walla Walla 56. Wenaha 57. Sled Springs 58. Chesnimnus 59. Snake River 60. Minam 61. Imnaha 62. Pine Creek 63. Keating 64. Lookout Mountain 65. Beulah 66. Malheur River 67. Owyhee 68. Whitehorse 69. Steens Mountain 70. Beaty's Butte 71. Juniper 72. Silvies 73. Wagontire 74. Warner 75. Interstate 76. Silver Lake 77. Fort Rock

State Wildlife Areas

Bridge Creek Wildlife Area The Bridge Creek Wildlife Area is a wildlife management area located near Ukiah, Oregon, United States. The location was set aside in 1961 as a wintering area for elk. The area is administered by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Th ...

* Dean Creek Wildlife Area * Denman Wildlife Area * E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area *

Elkhorn Wildlife Area The Elkhorn Wildlife Area is a wildlife management area located near North Powder, Oregon, United States. The large site covers parts of Union and Baker counties, including parts of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The area was set aside in ...

* Fern Ridge Wildlife Area * Irrigon Wildlife Area * Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area * Klamath Wildlife Area *

Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area Ladd or Ladds may refer to: People *Ladd (surname) *Brent Ladds (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey administrator Places ;In the United States *Ladds, Georgia, an unincorporated community *Ladd, Illinois, village *Ladd, Missouri, an unincorporated c ...

* Lower Deschutes Wildlife Area *

Phillip W. Schneider Wildlife Area Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philip ...

Prineville Reservoir Wildlife Area Prineville Reservoir Wildlife Area is a wildlife area near Prineville, Oregon. It is administered by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It also borders Prineville Reservoir State Park. Wildlife visible includes bald eagles, golden eagl ...

* Riverside Wildlife Area * Sauvie Island Wildlife Area * Snake River Islands Wildlife Area * Summer Lake Wildlife Area * Wenaha Wildlife Area *

White River Wildlife Area White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

Willow Creek Wildlife Area Willow Creek Wildlife Area, located in northeastern Oregon, United States, near the Columbia River, is operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Birds watchers may find birds of prey, waterfowl, wading birds, songbirds and shorebi ...

State marine reserves

Cape Falcon Marine Reserve Cape Falcon Marine Reserve in Oregon, USA, is a protected area located between Manzanita and the unincorporated community of Falcon Cove Beach in Tillamook and Clatsop Counties on the northern coast of Oregon. It is off the shore of Oswald West ...

Cascade Head Marine Reserve Cascade, Cascades or Cascading may refer to: Science and technology Science *Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls * Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex) * Cascade (grape), a type of fruit * Bioch ...

Otter Rock Marine Reserve Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes weas ...

* Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve * Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve

References

External links

Official website
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