States set 2021 Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Oregon and Washington fishery managers recently announced seasons and regulations for 2021 Columbia River summer and fall salmon and steelhead fisheries.
Improved forecasts for summer Chinook, fall Chinook and coho salmon will allow for increased opportunity to target these fish. However, the forecasts for sockeye salmon and upriver summer steelhead (155,600 and 101,400 respectively) are below average and will require conservative retention seasons.
For the summer season, retention of adult hatchery Chinook will open June 16 and continue through July 5 downstream of Bonneville Dam and through July 31 from Bonneville Dam upstream to the OR/WA border. In both areas, sockeye and hatchery steelhead retention will be allowed June 16 to July 31, but with a reduced bag limit for each.
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The American Harmony will join sister ship the American Song and two paddlewheelers in American Cruise Lines Pacific Northwest fleet when sailing resumes.
American Cruise Lines has successfully repositioned the American Harmony from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Northwest, bringing to four the number of boats ready to sail the Columbia and Snake Rivers this spring, the company said today.
The American Harmony left the Mississippi in late January, sailing south through the Panama Canal and then up the Pacific Coast, docking in Astoria, Ore., on Feb. 5.
The modern-series riverboat joins sister ship the American Song and two of the lines classic paddlewheelers now docked at Astoria s Tongue Point in preparation for a return to cruising in the region. The company has said it hopes to resume river cruising in late March or April.
Astoria looks at denser housing By Edward Stratton, The Daily Astorian, Ore.
Published: February 21, 2021, 1:19pm
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The Astoria City Council and the Planning Commission appear supportive of a suite of measures from a countywide housing study to encourage denser and more affordable housing, with several caveats to preserve livability and historic character.
The council and commission met Thursday to find commonality on which policy and development code strategies in the 2019 housing study to pursue. The meeting came shortly after the two boards approved new state-mandated development code amendments to expand the use of accessory dwelling units for increased density.
Astoria, at around 9,700 people with several large apartment complexes in the works, is also nudging up against state requirements for cities of at least 10,000 to add more middle housing everything between single-family homes and mid- or high-rise apartment buildings.
Like a sapling left standing after a clearcut, the public lands of Southwest Washington are slowly growing one ring at a time.
Recently, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed that 6,557 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberlands have been opened to the public through their private lands access program.
Those acres are located primarily in the Cascade foothills south of Mount St. Helens and on the east side of Interstate 5. One of the four parcels is located just southeast of Yale Reservoir along the Clark/Skamania county line. Other parcels are located in Game Management Units 568 (Washougal), 572 (Siouxon), and 568 (South Clark County). In those areas, access permits will no longer be required for visitors but the use of motorized vehicles is still prohibited.
As far as outdoors hobbies go, birding has a particularly low bar to clear for admission. Essentially, if you can see a bird and point at it, youâre in. Even then, if youâve got a good enough ear, a person could always denote the presence and origin of a bird just by the features of its call.
Of course, birders can always get better at birding. Itâs always possible to take better notes, or memorize more species, or fine-tune field identification methods. Moreover, the longer one pays attention to the birds the better their luck becomes. Over time, a person develops a sense for where the pretty birds like to congregate at various times of the year. And other times, a bald eagle or an albatross might just fall right into your lap, or, at least very nearby.