OHA Conservation

Attention OHA members! We need you to support the NEW Oregon Wolf Plan language, in particular as it respects wolf recovery, but also supports management through controlled take in Phase III, which the Eastern Oregon Zone just entered.

Send emails now and/or attend and/or testify at the May 19 Commission meeting in Portland...

By Jim Akenson, OHA Conservation Director  (Photo by OHA member Jim Ward of La Grande)

It is inherently tough to see Eastern Oregon deer herds struggling from severe winter weather. The great temptation is to encourage biologists to jump into a massive feeding program, or at least pressure ODFW to do that. The question here is: will this allow more deer to carry through to the spring? In polling sev...

July 26, 2016

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission

RE: Implementation of the Oregon Black-tailed Deer Management Plan

Dear Chair Finley and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission:

The Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) is requesting the development of Management Objectives (MO’s) for black-tailed deer in Oregon. The Oregon Black-Tailed Deer Management Plan identifies several factors that may be responsible for the decline of this species...