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Rogue Flyfishers
Conservation Projects
| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Feb. 20, 2010
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Five RFF volunteers helped plant a thousand conifer and hardwood seedlings along a US Forest Service constructed
side channel on Sucker Creek near Oregon Caves National Monument on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Ian Reid, USFS Fish
Biologist said the side channel provided important off-channel spawning and rearing habitat for coho and other fish
species last November and December. Willows and incense cedars will help stabilize the stream banks and improve
canopy within a few years; maples and shrubs will add shade and erosion control more slowly. The very rocky site
challenged the workers and helped build an appetite for the hot chili, cornbread and coffee lunch
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Brad Cloven, Linda
Garnett, Robert Garnett, Phil Hager, and John Ward
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Jan. 9, 2010
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RFF volunteers supported the Middle Rogue Watershed Council planting of conifer seedlings and shrubs
along Louse Creek near Merlin. This work completed a multi-year restoration project in which deeply incised
stream banks were pulled back and in-stream log and woven willow structures were put in place to create
channel meanders for improving habitat for coho and steelhead.
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John Grimberger /
John Ward / Dan
Wayman / Ian Wayman and Katie Wayman
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Jan. 14, 2010
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Three RFF Board Members received a briefing on stream restoration and toured Middle Rogue Watershed
Council's restoration sites with Dan Delany, Council Coordinator. Sites included the Louse Creek planting
(see above), a second site several miles downstream, and a site on Quartz Creek where a concrete dam was
breached to provide fish passage. It was concluded that the informative tour showed very promising
restoration progress and it was learned that snorkeling surveys will monitor usage by juvenile fish.
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Dick Chambers /
Mike Masters /
John Ward
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Dec. 5, 2009
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Tree planting along Quartz Creek, a
tributary to Jump-Off Joe Creek that
flows into the Rogue River. This planting
was sponsored by the Middle Rogue Watershed Council.
Dogwood, Incense Cedar and Ponderosa Pine
trees were planted. Another planting and
is scheduled for January 9th with John Ward
mulching-irrigation set for a Saturday
in March.
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Ken Bonsi;
Bill Brock;
Malcolm MacNair;
Dennis Remick
and
John War
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| | Date | Activity Description | Participants |
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10-22-09
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A small group of club members met with
Dr. Pete Shroeder at the Holy Wateron
Thursday, October 22, 2009. The group sampled
three different types of bug habitat at three
different locations for a total of nine samples. In
addition several samples of algae were taken.
The "bugs" sorted out from the samples will be
identified by SOU students and Dr. Shroeder
will write up a report. The results will be
reviewed by ODFW, the work group and
givento the Board. Funding for this project was
provided by Steve Haskell who sold used books
on flyfishing to club members who in effect
donated to the cause.
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Steve Haskell, Lee Wedberg,
Peter Ware, Jim Harleman,
Harry Piper, Chuck Loveless,
Bill Childress and Jim Long
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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August 25th&26th
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RFF helped to cut sight lines for the surveyors
measuring land profile from bank to bank on the
The Applegate River. This is part of the ongoing
project to determine the effects of proposed
aggregate mining on the Applegate.
WELL DONE GENTS!
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John Ward, JD Jones,
Harry Piper, Clint
Driver, Reg Heth,
Jerry Haynes and Bill
Ackermann
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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June 13, 2009
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Volunteers participated in the Holy Water trout study sponsored by ODFW. This event occurred as part
of the club's scheduled outing, set to occur during the salmonfly hatch. The trout that were caught
were placed, live, in holding containers provided by ODFW to keep the fish alive until they could be
measured, tagged, and released.
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Art Borland / Kendall Clarke / Scott Clarke (other) / Tom Collett / Richard Dalmaso / Allen Gillette
& Clayton Gillette / Gary Lewellyn / Steve Ostrander / Dennis Remick / Bill Rittenhouse / Jack Thomas.
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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April 11, 2009
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On Wright's Creek, Ashland, volunteers planted trees and removed blackberry bushes.
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Bill Brock & John Ward
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April 18, 2009
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Volunteers planted trees and shrubs to assist with the Arbor Day planting in Medford. This
work was done on the Parks & Recreation land near I-5 and Bear Creek and was sponsored by the City of Medford.
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Bill & Ronilee Childress; Kellie Christensen; Malcolm MacNair & John Ward
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Feb 3,
2009
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Inspection of Fish Passages on small streams. Sponsored by ODFW to visually inspect small stream irrigation
diversions or other features to determine if they are impeding fish passage. Problem areas were noted for later
action to be taken..
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Bill Ackerman
&
Dick Chambers
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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October 25, 2008
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This was a catch-measure-tag & release fishing event at the Holy Water as part of the Rogue Flyfishers-ODFW effort
to improve the fish catch at the Holy Water. Conventional fly-fishing gear and barbless flies were used in
conformance with the special regulations at this location. Forty trout were caught, size measured, weighed,
tagged & released
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Larry Bressler; Dick Chambers; Bill Childress; Chuck Fustish; Phil Hager; David Haight; John Kabot (not RFF);
Chuck Loveless; Harry Piper; Jack & Jan Rowe; and Tom Unverzagt
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October 27, 2008
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This activity at the Holy Water was ivertebrate- sampling training as part of the Rogue Flyfishers-ODFW effort to
improve the fish catch at the Holy Water. Instructions were provided by Dr. Peter Hager of Southern Oregon
University.
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Larry Bressler;
Phil Hager; Steve
Haskell; Chuck
Loveless; Harry
Piper; Lee Wedberg
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| | Date | Activity Description | Participants |
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May 2,
2008
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RFF volunteers worked in cooperation with
ODFW and the U.S. Corps of Army
Engineers to place five new “FLY ANGLING
ONLY” signs around the Holy Water. The
signs were provided by Spearco Graphics and
Chick Parsons and ODFW supplied the posts
and hardware. The volunteers spent the morning
digging holes in the rocky ground and
installing the signs
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Edward Amerson (USACOE);
Dick Chambers;
David Haight (ODFW);
Steve Haskell;
Tom Unverzagt
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| | Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates in
March,
2008
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ODFW fish trapping &
count survey on
Hamilton Creek in Ashland
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ODFW fish trapping &
count survey on Military
Slough in the Denman
Wildlife Area
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ODFW Fish trapping &
count survey on Lazy Creek
& Gore Creek
in Medford
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Larry Bressler
&
Hank Singlemaster
(other)
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Mike Chambers
&
Paul Lightner
(other)
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Bill Ackermann
&
Keith Miller
(other)
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates in
February,
2008
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ODFW fish trapping &
count survey on
Hamilton Creek in Ashland
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ODFW fish trapping &
count survey on Military
Slough in the Denman
Wildlife Area
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ODFW Fish trapping &
count survey on Lazy Creek
& Gore Creek
in Medford
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Larry Bressler
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Mike Chambers
&
Paul Lightner
(other)
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Bill Ackermann
&
Keith Miller
(other)
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Dec
2007
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Phil Hager volunteered his labor to construct five fish
traps using funds donated by RFF for their construction.
Now we need volunteers to get fish counts from the
traps after they are placed in streams. If you can help,
even a hour or two a week, contact Chuck Fustish
who will try to set you up with a monitoring station
near where you live, if possible.
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Phil Hager
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12-1-07
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Tree planting along a stream
at Vannoy Farms & Southern
Oregon Compost. A project
sponsored by the Middle
Rogue Watershed Council.
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Jan Rowe
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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10-20-07
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Tree Planting along riparian zone of Lazy Creek in
Bear Creek Park for enhancement of the habitat.
This work was done after the removal of the fish
barrier dam that blocked upstream passage to
spawning gravels.
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Bill Ackermann;
Richard Best;
John Ward
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Years
2006
&
2007
to
date
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Mark-recapture study of
migratory salmonids in
Military Slough, Denman
Wildlife area. A total of
277 juvenile coho salmon
were marked for the study
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Mike Chambers
Phil Hager
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| Date | Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates,
first-half
of may,
2007
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Monitoring of hoop traps on Military Slough
(Denman Wildlife Area) as part of ODFW’s
urban streams monitoring project. A marking-
recapture study of juvenile fingerling salmonids
over 70 mm in length is being conducted. Two
hoop traps are being used to capture upstream
& downstream migrants.
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Phil Hager
&
Mike Chambers
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Various
dates in
May,
2007
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Fish are taking refuge in Lazy Creek in Bear
Creek Park, Medford. ODFW has an upstream
migration hoop trap at the upstream barrier that
prevents passage. Volunteers are taking fish
counts & then returning the fish to Bear Creek
(upstream bridge work requires returning the
fish to Bear Creek).
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St. Mary’s H.S.
Biology Instructor
Jerry Burke,
assisted by Bob Bessie
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May
29,
2007
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Crappie, 4-5 inch size & over 8-inch size, from
Emigrant Lake were needed by ODFW for
specimen examinations. RFF members tried to
catch some, but found them extremely elusive
even after a total of 21 hours of fishing time.
The area fished was the West arm of the lake.
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Jeffrey Bernard;
Phil Hager;
Dennis Remick
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates in
April,
2007
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Monitoring of hoop traps on Military
Slough (Denman Wildlife Area) as part of
ODFW’s urban streams monitoring project.
A marking-recapture study of juvenile
fingerling salmonids over 70 mm in length
is being conducted. Two hoop traps are being
used for upstream & downstream migrants.
[Volunteer hours & fish counts are not
available at this time.]
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RFF
Participants:
Phil Hager
&
Mike Chambers
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Various
dates in
April,
2007
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Fish are taking refuge in Lazy Creek in
Bear Creek Park, Medford. ODFW has an
upstream migration hoop trap at the upstream
barrier that prevents passage. Volunteers are
taking fish counts & moving the fish to above
the barrier to see if they will spawn in the
lower 1 mile of open-stream habitat (the stream
is “piped” above this section of habitat).
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St. Mary’s H.S.
Biology Instructor
Jerry Burke,
assisted by Bob Bessie
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April
17,
2007
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Fish of select size-species from Applegate Lake
were needed by ODFW for specimen exam’s
for disease. RFF members helped capture fish
using artificial flies...a tough job, but someone
had to do it. The worst part was the weather,
which was cold & windy!
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RFF Participants:
Bob Beanblossom;
Chuck Fustish; Phil
Hager; Bruce McGregor;
Dennis Remick; Otis
Swisher; Lee Wedberg
|
| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates in
March,
2007
|
Monitoring of hoop traps on Military
Slough (Denman Wildlife Area) as part of
ODFW’s urban streams monitoring project.
A marking-recapture study of juvenile
fingerling salmonids over 70 mm in length
is being conducted. Two hoop traps are being
used for upstream & downstream migrants.
[Volunteer hours & fish counts are not
available at this time.]
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Phil Hager
&
Mike Chambers
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March,
2007
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A passage study is being conducted on a
tributary stream that runs through Tou
Velle State Park.
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Phil Hager
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March 24,
2007
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Roadside litter cleanup – RFF Adopt-A-Hwy
Project – was accomplished along Takelma
Drive from Hwy 62 to the end of the pavement.
Roadside Cleanup Chairman Lee Wedberg
reports that the weather was cool, sunny and
dry and that volunteers met at the Bridge Hole
at 9:30 a.m. & that the last team had finished
by 10:45 a.m. Due to a schedule mix up, two
volunteers (Gene & Marilyn Wright) were there
for cleanup work on March 31. They filled three
bags with litter, concentrating on the boat ramps.
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Phil Baker; Tom
Bettencourt;
Larry Bressler;
Gene Cates; Alison
& David Gostlin;
John Isaak; Bruce
McGregor; Jan &
Jack Rowe; Gene
& Marilyn Wright
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates in
February,
2007
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Monitoring of hoop traps on Military
Slough (Denman Wildlife Area) as part of
ODFW’s urban streams monitoring project.
A marking-recapture study of juvenile
fingerling salmonids over 70 mm in length
is being conducted. (Volunteer hours and
fish counts not available at this time.)
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Phil
Hager
&
Mike
Chambers
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February,
2007
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A passage study is being conducted on a
tributary stream that runs through Tou
Velle State Park.
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Phil Hager
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
January
20, 2007
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Placement of salmon carcasses in Bitterlick
& Elk Creeks for nutrient enhancement.
This was a joint project between ODFW &
the Upper Rogue Basin Watershed Council
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Phil Hager, Steve
& Jacob Wall
(Elk Creek)
&
Peter Wu
(Bitterlick Creek)
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Various
dates in
January,
2007
|
Monitoring of hoop traps on Military
Slough (Denman Wildlife Area) as part of
ODFW’s urban streams monitoring project.
A marking-recapture study of juvenile
fingerling salmonids over 70 mm in length
is being conducted. Results for January
show that 6 steelhead and 56 coho were
captured in the traps.
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Hoop traps are also in place on Lazy Creek,
Medford; on Mingus Creek, Central Point;
on Sand Creek and Pickett Creek, Grants
Pass.
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Phil
Hager
&
Mike
Chambers
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Various
dates in
January,
2007
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Fish counts are being conducted on Mingus
Creek, Central Point. (Crater High School
students are also doing fish counts on
Mingus Creek.)
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Phil Hager
&
Mike Chambers
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Various
dates
in
Dec ‘06
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Monitoring of hoop trap on Military Slough
(Denman Wildlife Area) to capture migrating
fish as part of ODFW’s urban streams
monitoring project. A marking-recapture study
of juvenile fingerling salmonids over 70 mm
in length is being conducted.
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Note: Hoop traps are also in place on Lazy
Creek in Medford; on Sand Creek in Grants
Pass and on Pickett Creek in Grants Pass.
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Mike Chambers;
Phil Hager;
Paul Lightner
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
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Nov 4, ‘06
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RFF members helped plant trees at the Bear
Creek Watershed Council’s Ashland Creek
riparian-zone improvement project.
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Richard Best;
Bill Brock; Dennis
& Chris Remick;
John Ward;
Gene Wright
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Periodically
in Nov, ‘06
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Monitoring of hoop trap on Military Slough
to capture migrating fish as part of ODFW’s
urban streams monitoring project. Indications
are that flows are too low to capture any fish.
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Phil Hager
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Nov 4,
2006
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Riparian zone tree & shrub planting at the
Delsman Diversion fish passage project on
Ashland Creek. RFF provided $3000 to
support this important steelhead and coho
barrier removal.
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Bill Brock;
Dennis Remick;
Chris Remick;
Ian Thirkell;
John Ward
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
|
Oct 27,
2006
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Placement of fish trap on Picket Creek for
fish-survey. ODFW project.
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Chuck Fustish;
Phil Hager
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| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
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April 6, 2006
|
Presentation on healthy riparian zones &
clean water given to 6th grade students at
Jefferson School, Medford.
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Tom Collett
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| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
Misc
dates in
Feb ‘06
|
ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on Larson Creek, Medford. Fish
collected in trap were juvenile coho salmon & rainbow trout.
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RFF members: Mike Chambers; Chuck Fustish; Phil Hager.
Others: Bob Bessey; Jerry Burke; Tom
Peterson.
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First
two weeks
in Feb
‘06
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ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on Military Slough (Denman
Wildlife Area). Juvenile coho salmon were
collected in the trap.
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RFF members: Mike Chambers; Chuck Fustish; Phil Hager.
Others: Bob Bessey; Jerry Burke; Tom
Peterson.
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Feb 21,
‘06
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ODFW project: survey of adult trout in
feeder streams to Applegate Reservoir to
determine if disease organisms are present.
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RFF members: Mike Chambers; Chuck
Fustish; Phil Hager.
Others: Bob Bessey; Ed Chapman; Brent Crowe.
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Feb 11,
‘06
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Tree planting by RFF members in support of
Seven Basins Watershed Council’s project on
Jumpoff Joe Creek.
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Jerry & Eddy Haynes; Steve & Jacob Wall.
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| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
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Jan '06
|
ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on
Larson Creek, Medford. Juvenile rainbow trout,
steelhead & miscellaneous warmwater species
have been found in the fish trap.
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Phil Hager
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Various dates
in Jan '06
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ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on
Military Slough (Denman Wildlife Area). Three
hundred juvenile coho salmon were trapped.
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RFF members: Mike
Chambers; Phil Hager;
Chuck Fustish.
Others: Bob Besser; Jerry
Burke; Tom Peterson.
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01-04-06
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ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on
Mingus Creek, Central Point. Four rainbow trout
were netted.
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Bob Brant; Chuck
Fustish; Phil
Hager
|
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01-05-06
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ODFW project: urban small stream fish survey on
Larson Creek, Medford. A 19-inch and a 21-inch
steelhead were found in the fish traps.
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Bob Brant; Mike
Chambers; Chuck
Fustish
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01-07-06
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ODFW project: placement of salmon carcasses in
Bitterlick Creek for nutrient enhancement.
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Jay Doino &
Steve Ostrander
(and volunteers from
other organizations)
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| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
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12-09-05
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ODFW-Sponsored urban small stream
fish survey on Larson Creek, Medford
see Mail Tribune article “Quiet Waters”
in the Dec. 11 edition. Chuck Fustish would
like to hear from you if you have an urban
stream on your property & would be willing
to have ODFW check it for fish survey possibilities.
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Phil Hager; Chuck Fustish
|
| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
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11-16-05
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Fish were stocked in Babyfoot Lake,
to provide predator fish to help
eradicate illegally introduced
bass. Rogue Flyfishers plus 10 other
volunteers transported via backpacks
933 juvenile steelhead and stocked
them in the lake.
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RFF: Mike Chambers;
Don Paul; Ian
Reid; and Brad Taft.
Other volunteers
from SOU, Middle
Rogue Steelheaders, &
Curry Anadromous
Fishermen were involved
in this effort.
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11-22-05
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Planting of vegetation in the
riparian zone of Jackson Creek,
Central Point, in support of a project
sponsored by the Bear Creek Watershed
Council, the Central Point & Medford
Parks Departments & by the South
Medford High School.
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John MacDiarmid
&
Malcolm MacNair
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| Date | Activity
Description | Participants |
Various dates
during the
month of
October, 2005.
Also, during
the first
week in
November,
2005.
|
Club volunteers provided help
instructing school kids in the
field activities of Oregon Trout’s
Salmon Watch program. Topics
covered include such things as
riparian zones, water quality,
macroinvertebrates and the life
cycle of salmon and other
anadromous fish. Several of the
volunteers served on multiple
days during the program.
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Clark Custodio;
Jay Doino;
Chuck
Fustish;
Steve
Haskell;
Ian Reid;
Cathy Tronquet;
Peter Tronquet
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| Date |
Activity Description | Participants |
Nov 11,
12, 13,and
18, 2004.
|
Tree planting at the gravel pits site off Highbanks Road
near Lower Table Rock. RFF is one of the major stake-
holders in this project sponsored by Oregon Department
of Geology and Mineral Industries (E. Frank Schnitzer
is a state geologist and is the project coordinator).
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Gene Miller;
Jack Patterson,
Bill Rittenhouse
David Haight;
Gene Miller,
Dennis Remick,
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| Date | Activity Description | Participants |
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2-20-04
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Tree Planting on Reese Creek
|
Gary Graham
Hank Rogers
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2-20-04
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Tree Planting on Little Applegate River at the Buncom Ranch
|
Larry Bressler
Gary Graham
Ron Naumann
Dennis Remick
|
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| Date | Activity Description | Participants |
|
5-17-03
|
Trash removal along Bear Creek in support of
Bear Creek Watershed Council's annual Bear
Creek cleanup at Hawthorne Park in Medford.
|
Gary Graham
Bill Ackermann
Dick Chambers
Clayton Gillette
Malcolm MacNair
Hank Morgan
Bill Rittenhouse
Jack & Jan Rowe
|
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| Date | Activity Description | Participants |
2-7-03
2-12-03
2-15-03
2-23-03
|
Flat Creek Fish Surveys
|
Joe Holzen
Lee Wedberg
Jack Patterson
George Tipton
Steve Ostrander
Ric Thowless
Randy Fleshman
Michael O'Brien
|
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3-1-03
|
Tree planting in support of the Illinois
Basin Information Group's annual tree
planting event in Cave Junction; 300 volunteers
from various organizations were
in attendance.
|
Clayton Gillette
Gary Graham
|
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| Date | Activity Description | Participants |
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1-04-03
|
Salmon carcass placements in Elk Creek.
Approximately 300 carcasses were placed
in creek.
|
Dan Boyd
Don Dempsey
Mick Flores
Chuck Fustish
Clayton Gillette
Russ Hall
Lou Mayersky
Mike Messenger
Ron Ring
Bill Rittenhouse
|
|
1-06-03
|
Transporting of frozen salmon carcasses
from fish hatchery to storage barn (Dry
Creek Road) in preparation for carcass
placements in Big Butte Creek, 1-11-03.
|
Don Dempsey
Chuck Fustish
Ron Ring
|
1-10-03
&
12-18-03
|
Fish count surveys on Flat Creek.
|
Michael O'Brien
Steve Ostrander
Lynn Hale
Mike Hale
Randy Fleshman
Ric Thowles
|
1-11-03
|
Salmon carcasses were moved from the
storage barn to Big Butte Creek. Approximately
300 carcasses were placed,spread
over three locations.
|
Bob Carson-Holt
Rosemarie Davis
Don Ellis
Mick Flores
Chuck Fustish
Gary Graham
Mike Hale
Richard Harrington
John MacDiarmid
Malcom MacNair
Mike Messenger
Ian Reed
Bill Rittenhouse
Judy & Tim Taylor
Brady Totten
|
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| Date | Key Contact | Activity Description | Participants |
|
12-13-02
|
Preparations in support of Rogue River Stakeholders tree planting in the
Highbanks area, Rogue River riparian zone (gravel pits restoration project).
|
Gary Graham
|
12-14-02
&
12-15-02
|
Tree planting in riparian zone (Highbanks area) in support of Rogue
River Stakeholders project.
|
Gary Graham
John MacDiarmid
Duncan MacDiarmid
Malcolm MacNair
Jack Patterson
Bill Rittenhouse
Hank Rogers
Lee Wedberg
David Haight
|
12-18-02
&
12-22-02
&
12-28-02
|
Day 1. Flat Creek training for fish identification & survey techniques-methods.
Over 30 coho were counted.
Day 2. Flat Creek spawning survey. Fifty-three coho were counted.
Day 2. Flat Creek spawning survey. Water was too muddy to get a fish count.
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Chuck Fustish
Lynn Hale
Michael O'Brien
Steve Ostrander
George Tipton
Joe Holzen
Lee Wedberg
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12-30-02
|
Transporting salmon carcasses from hatchery to storage barn in preparation
for carcass placements in Elk Creek on Saturday, January 4th.
Frozen carcasses were loaded into Lou Mayersky's pickup truck then
taken to barn where they were unloaded.
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Chuck Fustish
Russ Hall
Lou Mayersky
Ron Ring
|
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