(Update: Adding video, comments from DSL, Bend Fly Shop)
Pole Creek, Lake Billy Chinook among additions; first map update since 2015
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Department of State Lands announced Tuesday it has updated the state’s essential salmonid habitat map and now is seeking the public’s comments on those updates, which include areas of Central Oregon.
Ali Ryan Hansen, a communications manger at DSL, said one of the things they are trying to to do is raise awareness to landowners and others of the essential salmonid habit, so they can help protect it. Now is a really good time, if you’ve never checked that map, and if you live along the stream, it’s a perfect time to go check the map, Hansen said. You may find that you already have essential habitat in your backyard. You may find that your stream is being proposed as new essential habitat. This is the perfect time to head to that map and check it out.
State sets land sale for new National Guard readiness center in Redmond
One piece of larger project, years in the making, with years to go
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) After years of discussion and collaboration between the city of Redmond, Deschutes County and the Oregon Military Department, another state agency will be meeting to approve the sale of 20 state-owned acres for a new National Guard readiness center in Redmond.
A proposal to approve the sale of 20 acres in Redmond for $1.66 million to the Oregon Military Department is on the agenda of next Tuesday s virtual state Land Board meeting.
The Oregon Military Department operates and maintains 37 armories and readiness centers throughout the state. It also refurbishes or rebuilds armories as they become functionally obsolete.
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A $121 million question remains to be resolved before Oregon State University can assume responsibility for the management of the Elliott State Forest.
The State Land Board has signed off on OSUâs plan to manage the 80,000-plus acre forest in Coos and Douglas counties, but there was no mention of financing issues during the board s remote three-hour session on Dec. 8.
When the state first began discussing the future of the Elliott, the Legislature appropriated $100 million to help offset the lost revenue that timber sales used to provide to the stateâs Common School Fund. That still leaves a $121 million hole to fill given the $221 million value placed on the Elliott by state officials in 2017.
Scientists report rise in invasive green grabs in Coos Bay Estuary
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Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife provides guide to identifying invasive green crabs
COOS BAY, Ore. (KTVZ) – Invasive European green crab populations continue to grow, threatening Oregon coastal species and habitats, according to a report published recently by South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The report follows a 19-year study conducted by the Reserve and OSU scientists, during which researchers trapped crabs annually throughout the Coos Bay Estuary, along Oregon’s southern coast. In 2020, approximately 77 percent of the crabs caught were European green crabs. The green crabs were found at all sites, but were most abundant in mid to upper parts of the estuary.