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ODFW News Release
For Immediate Release
June 6, 2003
Commission Approves 19 Funding Proposals for wildlife habitat and hunting access projects.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Friday approved $346,512 in grants for 19 projects that improve wildlife habitat and public hunting access throughout the state of Oregon. The funding requests were approved as part of the Oregon Access and Habitat Program.
The Commission approved the following:
Abiqua Basin Hunter Access: $3,635 toward a $13,060 project in Marion County to allow hunting access on 25,600 acres owned by Longview Fibre Company during deer and elk seasons. The A&H funds will be used to pay for volunteers travel costs associated with opening and closing gates, which helps reduce vandalism and wildlife law violations.
Oblack Farm Fertilization: $9,240 toward a $13,440 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Ellis Farm Fertilization: $13,500 toward a $18,900 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Schmidlin Farm Fertilization: $7,560 toward a $10,650 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Bear Creek Habitat Project: $1,165 toward a $2,965 project in Clatsop County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, repair an elk-damaged fence, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Willamette Private Lands Law Enforcement and Stott Mountain-N. Alsea Cooperative Travel Management Area: An additional $40,096 to an existing $526,826 project in northwest Oregon to enforce a travel management area. The increased funding will pay for one additional temporary Oregon State Police trooper. The revenue comes from unspent funds from savings in previous A&H projects.
Timbers/Spring Butte/Embody Block Travel Management and Enforcement: $102,088 toward $548,981 project in Klamath County to continue recreational public access on 59,130 acres of Crown Pacific property for another five years. Funds will be used to hire an OSP officer for five months each year.
Heppner Regulated Hunt Area: Amended a $48,720 grant toward a $114,775 project in Morrow County to operate the Heppner Regulated Hunt Area and provide unrestricted public hunting access on 48,720 acres.
Lostine Wildlife Area Controlled Burn: $5,000 toward a $10,000 project in Wallowa County to conduct a spring prescribed fire on ODFW’s Lostine Wildlife Area to improve big game winter range.
Forsea Ranch Access: $20,000 toward a project in Baker County to secure unrestricted public hunting access to 8,000 acres of private land in the Lookout Mountain Wildlife Management Unit.
The Dahle Ranch Upland Bird Project — Phase I: $6,276 toward a $11,646 project in Malheur County to improve wildlife habitat on 385 acres through fencing, seeding and shrub plantings. By-permission public hunting access will be allowed.
Cow Valley Elk Hazer: $4,000 toward a $11,950 project in Malheur County to hire two people to haze elk away from 1,700 acres of irrigated crop land and repair elk-damaged fences. By-permission public hunting access will be allowed on 8,500 acres.
Denny Jones Ranch Meadow Restoration: $10,642 toward a $41,407 project in Malheur County to restore 100 acres of meadow habitat to benefit wildlife and the public hunting experience. The project area is part of a 7,000 acre ranch owned by the Burns Paiute Tribe managed for wildlife and public hunting, and provides access to adjoining federal lands.
Larsen Cropland Restoration, Weed Lake Area Winter Forage Improvement: $14,400 toward a $134,317 project in Harney County to provide by-permission public hunting access to 960 acres of private land.
White’s Ranch Irrigation Project: $56,348 toward a $134,990 project in Harney County to provide 10 years of by-permission public hunting access to 2,000 acres of private land near Burns.
Trout Creek Mountain Access Project: $5,450 toward a $9,785 project in Harney County to purchase two cattle guards and alleviate livestock trespass associated with hunters and other members of the public leaving gates open to access private land. The landowner will allow unrestricted public access for at least five years to 1,100 acres.
Balken Basin Water Storage Project: $13,750 toward a $23,400 project in Harney County to provide more water for wildlife in the fall and winter by lining two existing reservoirs with a clay-like barrier. By-permission hunting access will continue to be allowed on 2,700 acres.
Rickman Russian Knapweed Rehabilitation Project: $9,000 toward a $115,874 project in Harney County to rehabilitate meadows currently infested with knapweed. The landowner will provide by-permission public hunting access to 600 acres for three years.
Coombs Canyon Regulated Hunt Area: $15,738 toward a $18,517 project in Umatilla County to continue to provide unrestricted public access to 12,500 acres of private land for upland game bird and deer hunting. Wildlife habitat will be improved through weed control, water development and shrub development.
Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1993, the A&H Program is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, conservation organizations, and others for cooperative wildlife habitat improvement and hunter access projects throughout the state.
For more information on the Access and Habitat Program, contact program coordinator Susan Barnes at (503) 872-5260, extension 5349.
For Immediate Release
June 6, 2003
Commission Approves 19 Funding Proposals for wildlife habitat and hunting access projects.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Friday approved $346,512 in grants for 19 projects that improve wildlife habitat and public hunting access throughout the state of Oregon. The funding requests were approved as part of the Oregon Access and Habitat Program.
The Commission approved the following:
Abiqua Basin Hunter Access: $3,635 toward a $13,060 project in Marion County to allow hunting access on 25,600 acres owned by Longview Fibre Company during deer and elk seasons. The A&H funds will be used to pay for volunteers travel costs associated with opening and closing gates, which helps reduce vandalism and wildlife law violations.
Oblack Farm Fertilization: $9,240 toward a $13,440 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Ellis Farm Fertilization: $13,500 toward a $18,900 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Schmidlin Farm Fertilization: $7,560 toward a $10,650 project in Columbia County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Bear Creek Habitat Project: $1,165 toward a $2,965 project in Clatsop County to improve the quantity and quality of deer and elk forage, repair an elk-damaged fence, reduce big game damage to agricultural lands and allow by-permission hunting access.
Willamette Private Lands Law Enforcement and Stott Mountain-N. Alsea Cooperative Travel Management Area: An additional $40,096 to an existing $526,826 project in northwest Oregon to enforce a travel management area. The increased funding will pay for one additional temporary Oregon State Police trooper. The revenue comes from unspent funds from savings in previous A&H projects.
Timbers/Spring Butte/Embody Block Travel Management and Enforcement: $102,088 toward $548,981 project in Klamath County to continue recreational public access on 59,130 acres of Crown Pacific property for another five years. Funds will be used to hire an OSP officer for five months each year.
Heppner Regulated Hunt Area: Amended a $48,720 grant toward a $114,775 project in Morrow County to operate the Heppner Regulated Hunt Area and provide unrestricted public hunting access on 48,720 acres.
Lostine Wildlife Area Controlled Burn: $5,000 toward a $10,000 project in Wallowa County to conduct a spring prescribed fire on ODFW’s Lostine Wildlife Area to improve big game winter range.
Forsea Ranch Access: $20,000 toward a project in Baker County to secure unrestricted public hunting access to 8,000 acres of private land in the Lookout Mountain Wildlife Management Unit.
The Dahle Ranch Upland Bird Project — Phase I: $6,276 toward a $11,646 project in Malheur County to improve wildlife habitat on 385 acres through fencing, seeding and shrub plantings. By-permission public hunting access will be allowed.
Cow Valley Elk Hazer: $4,000 toward a $11,950 project in Malheur County to hire two people to haze elk away from 1,700 acres of irrigated crop land and repair elk-damaged fences. By-permission public hunting access will be allowed on 8,500 acres.
Denny Jones Ranch Meadow Restoration: $10,642 toward a $41,407 project in Malheur County to restore 100 acres of meadow habitat to benefit wildlife and the public hunting experience. The project area is part of a 7,000 acre ranch owned by the Burns Paiute Tribe managed for wildlife and public hunting, and provides access to adjoining federal lands.
Larsen Cropland Restoration, Weed Lake Area Winter Forage Improvement: $14,400 toward a $134,317 project in Harney County to provide by-permission public hunting access to 960 acres of private land.
White’s Ranch Irrigation Project: $56,348 toward a $134,990 project in Harney County to provide 10 years of by-permission public hunting access to 2,000 acres of private land near Burns.
Trout Creek Mountain Access Project: $5,450 toward a $9,785 project in Harney County to purchase two cattle guards and alleviate livestock trespass associated with hunters and other members of the public leaving gates open to access private land. The landowner will allow unrestricted public access for at least five years to 1,100 acres.
Balken Basin Water Storage Project: $13,750 toward a $23,400 project in Harney County to provide more water for wildlife in the fall and winter by lining two existing reservoirs with a clay-like barrier. By-permission hunting access will continue to be allowed on 2,700 acres.
Rickman Russian Knapweed Rehabilitation Project: $9,000 toward a $115,874 project in Harney County to rehabilitate meadows currently infested with knapweed. The landowner will provide by-permission public hunting access to 600 acres for three years.
Coombs Canyon Regulated Hunt Area: $15,738 toward a $18,517 project in Umatilla County to continue to provide unrestricted public access to 12,500 acres of private land for upland game bird and deer hunting. Wildlife habitat will be improved through weed control, water development and shrub development.
Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1993, the A&H Program is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, conservation organizations, and others for cooperative wildlife habitat improvement and hunter access projects throughout the state.
For more information on the Access and Habitat Program, contact program coordinator Susan Barnes at (503) 872-5260, extension 5349.
