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Elliott Jonasson of La Grande, with a turkey taken in the Catherine Creek Unit (Union County) during the 2011 youth spring turkey season. - Photo by ODFW

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

SALEM, Ore --(Ammoland.com)- This year’s youth spring turkey season will be April 7, 8 and 9, 2012 (Saturday, Sunday and Monday).

The season dates are misprinted in the current 2011-12 Oregon Game Bird Regulations (page 15).

Due to an ODFW staff error, the regulations list April 8-9, 2012 (Sunday-Monday) as the season dates.

Youth turkey season is always the weekend before the general spring turkey season which begins on April 15.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a rule that will begin the season on Saturday, April 7 and extend it by one day this year due to the error.

The youth spring turkey season is open to licensed hunters age 17 and under.

Youth that don’t fill their tag during the youth season can go on to hunt the general season April 15-May 31.

The youth turkey season is one of several youth-only hunts in Oregon.

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Sage-Grouse Implementation Team Meeting To Be Held Jan. 24 In Jordan Valley

Sage-Grouse Implementation Team Meeting To Be Held Jan. 24

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

BEND, OR -(Ammoland.com)- The Jordan Valley Sage-Grouse Local Implementation Team will meet on Tuesday Jan. 24 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Jordan Valley Lions Club Hall, Highway 95 North, Jordan Valley.

Plans are to review Core Area and Conservation Opportunity Area maps that illustrate newly mapped action areas which share common threats to sage-grouse and focus efforts for future habitat management actions and/or mitigation needs.

The Jan. 24 meeting is a follow up to the Vale Local Implementation Team Nov. 18 meeting, which due to adverse weather conditions was lightly attended.

There are five Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy Implementation teams, one for each Bureau of Land Management District within the current distribution of sage-grouse in Oregon as well as one in the Baker Resource Area in the Vale district.

Public meetings are held in each of the Implementation Team areas periodically. The Lakeview and Vale meetings were held on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18, respectively. The Hines, Prineville, and Baker meetings were held on Dec. 6, Dec. 8, and Dec. 13, respectively.

The Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon, is available on ODFW’s website in the Conservation section. Sage-grouse photos are available on ODFW’s Flickr site.

Contact: Autumn Larkins, ODFW , Sage-Grouse Conservation Coordinator, (541) 573-6582 Bob Hooton, ODFW Klamath/Malheur Watershed District Manager, (541) 388-6344

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