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Willamette fishing December 4, 2025 Best bets for weekend fishing: The Willamette River and other water bodies are increasing in activity. Several waterbodies will be stocked with trout this week. Cascade Hike-in Lakes offer beauty, serenity, and the potential for untrammeled fishing opportunities. Trout stocking Stocked the week of Nov 17-21: Row River nature park (formerly Cottage Grove Lake) Scheduled to be stocked the week of Nov 24-28: Walter Wirth Lake, Mt Hood Pond at MHCC campus, Waverly Lake, Junction City Pond, Timber Linn Lake. Check the 2025 trout stocking schedule Trout stocking maps Check out the ODFW fishing and
MARINE WILDLIFE VIEWING December 4, 2025 The Oregon coast is a great place to come and view a variety of wildlife. Enjoy the great diversity of life: from giant whales and barking sea lions, to majestic bald eagles and diving pelicans, to showy Harlequin ducks and flocking shorebirds, to the tiny anemones and crabs inhabiting tidepools. There is always something new to discover. Visit our wildlife viewing map for locations to visit and view wildlife along the Oregon coast. Maximize your viewing of coastal creatures by bringing binoculars for close-up views. Beach Safety: http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/Pages/beach_safety.aspx Whales, orcas and porpoises Whales migrate
Regulating harvest, health, and enhancement of wildlife populations Living with wildlife Oregon's permitted wildlife control operators are an individual, business owner, or the business owner's designee charging a fee to control furbearers, unprotected mammals (excluding moles) and western gray squirrels causing damage, creating a public nuisance or posing a public health or safety concern in incorporated city limits and associated urban development areas. They are permitted by ODFW and governed by a set of rules.
SE WILDLIFE VIEWING December 4, 2025 Harney County This time of year, in Harney County, wildlife viewing is typically targeted towards waterfowl, a variety of shore birds, and raptor species. Look to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge or any of the various reservoirs in the county which should have good water this year. Raptors are present in the district and opportunities abound throughout the county. Look on fence posts, telephone poles, and amongst cliff and talus slopes to see a variety of species that include red-tailed hawks, prairie falcons, ferruginous hawks, golden eagles, and Swainson's hawks. Many passerine species such as
EASTERN OREGON December 4, 2025 Currently open Upland: Eurasian collared dove, ruffed and blue grouse, rooster pheasant, chukar/ Hungarian partridge, quail, *fall turkey (*Check regulations for specific units and boundaries) Duck, scaup, Wilson's snipe, crow, brant, Mid-Columbia zone - Canada, white fronted and white goose Zone 1 Mourning Dove Upcoming Season High desert & Blue Mountain zones – Canada goose (Opens Dec 9) Announcements, resources A district-by-district look at how this year's migratory and upland bird seasons are shaping up. 2025-26 Game Bird Hunting Forecast Hunt by Reservation Program - ODFW's Hunt by Reservation Program connects bird hunters with private