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Public Lands

Private Lands

A message from Director James W. Greer

Private lands account for 51% of Oregon’s land base. These lands contain some of themost productive areas in the state, representing our farm and range lands, forests, streamcorridors and wetlands. Their significance to Oregon’s communities, economy and our fishand wildlife resources cannot be overestimated.

As stewards of essential habitat, Oregon’s private landowners are key partners in fishand wildlife conservation strategies. Landowner incentive programs are an increasingly important means of encouraging landowner involvement in fish and wildlifeconservation. By forging new partnerships and leveraging resources, private landownershave the financial and technical assistance needed to enhance habitat in ways that meettheir operational needs.

Created in 1993 by the Oregon Legislature, the Access & Habitat Program has served asa model incentive program to improve fish and wildlife habitat and hunting access onOregon’s private lands. The pages that follow testify to the program’s success in fosteringpartnerships between landowners, hunters and government agencies to benefit our state’sfish and wildlife.

As one of the nearly 300,000 hunters that annually contribute $2 to the Access &Habitat Program, I am proud to support the efforts of Oregon’s private landowners toensure a future for our state’s wildlife and hunting heritage.

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INTRODUCTION

In 1993, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2538,creating the Access and Habitat Program. The legislationwas established to provide an incentive-based program toimprove fish and wildlife habitat and public huntingaccess on private lands in Oregon.

The convening of the 1999 Oregon Legislature marks thesixth year of the program’s existence and the opportunityto reflect on program accomplishments over the 1997-99biennium. One such achievement was the legislative reauthorization of the program in 1997, extending its benefits to Oregon’s citizens and fish and wildliferesources through December 2003.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The Access and Habitat Program’s motto, Landowners &Hunters Together for Wildlife, conveys the program’s basicmission to foster partnerships between landowners andhunters for the benefit of the fish and wildlife they value.The program also seeks to recognize and encourage theimportant contributions made by landowners to the state’sfish and wildlife resources; stewardship that affects about50 percent of Oregon’s land base.

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

Funded by an annual surcharge on hunting licenses andother sources derived from hunters, the Access andHabitat Program provides grants to private landowners,timber and agriculture corporations, sportsmen groups,natural resource agencies and others for projects designedto improve wildlife habitat and/or increase public huntingaccess to private lands. Examples of eligible projectsinclude wildlife forage seeding, water development, ripar-ian protection, meadow fertilization, wetland restoration,regulated hunt programs, law enforcement patrol, travelmanagement areas, hunting leases and land acquisition.

Anyone wishing to receive a grant must complete anapplication describing the project and its benefits towildlife and/or provisions for public hunting opportuni-ties, project location, cooperators, work schedules andfunding commitments, including the grant amountrequested from the Access and Habitat Board. Project pro-posals are reviewed first by the appropriate RegionalAdvisory Council, which sends its recommendations tothe Board. Proposals are reviewed by the Board and rec-ommended projects are forwarded to the Oregon Fish andWildlife Commission (Commission), the final decision-making body.

THE ACCESS AND HABITAT BOARD

House Bill 2538 established a seven-member citizenboard to provide oversight of the Access and Habitat(A&H) Program. Appointed by the Commission, theBoard consists of three members representing agricultureand timber landowner interests, three members represent-ing hunter interests, and one member representing thegeneral public, who also serves as chairperson. Their roleis to review A&H project proposals and make formal rec-ommendations for project funding to the Commission. Bystatute, the Board is directed to recommend a mix of pro-jects that balance habitat and access benefits statewidewhen reviewing grant proposals. Board members meetquarterly to review applications and conduct other pro-gram business.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS

Board Chairman Chuck Smith is Regional Manager forTimber Products Company in Medford. Appointed inDecember 1997, he served as Chairman of the SouthwestRegion A&H Advisory Council from 1993-97. A hunterand outdoorsman, Chuck is an active volunteer withODFW and member of several wildlife conservation orga-nizations.

Vice Chairman and hunter representative Monty L.Montgomery divides his time among a variety of conserva-tion endeavors including chairmanship of the IzaakWalton League’s Public Lands Restoration Task Force andhis post as a founding member of the A&H Board. A resi-dent of Portland, Monty is a retired deputy director ofODFW.

L.L. “Stub” Stewart of Eugene has been representing pri-vate landowners on the A&H Board since the programbegan. Stub served as President of Bohemia, Inc., a timbercompany, for 30 years as well as in the Oregon Legislaturefrom 1951-55. He is also a member of the Oregon StateParks and Recreation Advisory Committee and past presi-dent of the trade organization Associated OregonIndustries.

Kelly Smith, a hunter representative and original alumnusmember of the A&H Board, recently retired after 20 yearsas a research director and technical editor with BendResearch. Kelly has served many Bend Chapter officerposts and as state President and Chairman of OregonHunters Association. He was recently appointed as elect-ed Chairman of The Mule Deer Foundation’s National

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Board of Directors. Kelly is an avid hunter and outdoors-man and active volunteer for ODFW’s Oregon OutdoorWomen Program. Born and raised in Eugene, he lives on100 acres near Bend.

Appointed to the A&H Board in December 1997 as alandowner representative, Rod Childers ranches inEnterprise. Rod serves as Chairman of the OregonCattlemen’s Association Wildlife Committee, and is aboard member of the Grande Ronde Model WatershedProgram and the Wallowa County Natural ResourceAdvisory Board. Rod is a past recipient of the RileyFreeman Award, recognizing excellence in building coop-erative relations between the Oregon Cattlemen’sAssociation and ODFW.

Corvallis outdoor writer Scott C. Stouder is one of thefounding members of the A&H Board representing hunterinterests. He is currently on the National Board ofDirectors of The Mule Deer Foundation and is also editorof their magazine, Mule Deer. Scott served seven years asa board member for Oregon Hunters Association and isnow secretary of the Mid-Willamette Chapter. Scott hasalso been active in a variety of conservation, habitat andhunting issues throughout Oregon for the past decade.

A wheat grower and rancher from The Dalles, JimMarkman has a long history of public involvement includ-ing membership in the Oregon Farm Bureau, WascoCounty economic development planning and his localschool board. Jim is also a founding member of theFifteen Mile Creek Watershed Council. This is his sixthyear as an A&H Board member representing landowners.

A&H REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILS

Six Regional Councils serve in an advisory capacity tothe A&H Board. The councils provide the initial review ofgrant proposals and forward their recommendations to theA&H Board. Comprised of landowner, hunter and publicvolunteers like the Board, Council members bring grass-roots expertise and local knowledge to the review process.

Columbia Region

Dave Johnson Chairman Forest GroveKent Boring Landowner Forest GroveBill Perry Landowner West LinnKevin Van Dyke Landowner Forest GroveWendell Locke Hunter GastonBill Bogh Hunter PortlandNicholas Berg Hunter Birkenfeld

Northwest Region

David Wiley Chairman SalemDave Riddell Landowner MonmouthRon O'Neal Landowner VenetaMichael Hicks Landowner MonmouthJess Stalcup Hunter LebanonLonnie Woosley Hunter FlorenceMax Smith Hunter Junction City

Southwest Region

Frank Lehto Chairman MedfordBill Drewien Landowner MedfordStan Hendy Landowner RoseburgJoe Matejka Landowner Coos BayHedge Jarvis Hunter WinchesterMike Kaiser Hunter Eagle PointLee Sutton Hunter North Bend

High Desert Region — Central

Ken Johnson Chairman BendBill McCormack Landowner PrinevilleChris Sokol Landowner Klamath FallsJohn Ward Landowner The DallesJerry Fauglid Hunter RedmondRocky Liskey Hunter Klamath FallsGary Nichols Hunter Klamath Falls

High Desert Region — Southeast

Tik Moore Chairman ValeVan Decker Landowner BurnsCharles Oakes Landowner OntarioAppointment Pending LandownerDave Ganskopp Hunter BurnsRobert Williams Hunter ValeAppointment Pending Hunter

Northeast Region

Bob Coulter Chairman CoveTy Hansell Landowner HermistonDaryl Hawes Landowner HerefordSteve McClelland Landowner Cove“Buck” Buckner Hunter Baker CityMike Mehren Hunter HermistonSharon Sweeney Hunter Mt. Vernon

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ACCESS AND HABITAT PROGRAM GRANTEES AND COOPERATORS FOR 1997-99Abiqua Basin VolunteersFrancis Albro FamilyJill AndersonAvery InterestsBaker County Weed BoardGreg BarrbetoBob and Sharon BeckRay BelnapBenton County Sheriff’s DepartmentMark BeverageMatt Beyer of Demaris RanchRussel BingamanVernon BirkyBoise Cascade Corporation Gene BothamLee BradshawJohn and Lynne Breese of Dixie Meadow CompanyBrightwood Corporation Bureau of Land ManagementJohn BurnsBill and Anita Butler of Butler RanchMargaret CampbellCascade Timber Consulting, Inc.Central Oregon Audubon SocietyCentral Oregon Regional Strategies (Oregon Lottery)City of ClatskanieNorvin ColesConfederated Tribes of Grand RondeConfederated Tribes of SiletzWayne CookRoger Corrigall RanchDavidson IndustriesDan DeboieCity of Depoe BayDeschutes Basin Land TrustDeschutes National ForestDiamond Wood ProductsDisabled American Veteran’s AssociationTerry D. DroesslerDan DuBoisDucks UnlimitedEastern Oregon Agriculture Research CenterEmory InvestmentsGene EngblomHoward EvansEvenson Timber Land Agency, Inc.Farm Services AgencyD.B. FleetDuane FleetLoren and Rebecca FleetForest Tree LimitedFoundation for North American Wild SheepFrank Lumber Co.Freres Lumber Co.Friends of Dixie MeadowFuture Farmers of AmericaGeorgia Pacific CorporationBob GirdnerGiustina Land & Timber Co.Giustina ResourcesMike GlaveyBob GlazerLeonard GomesGovernor’s Watershed Enhancement BoardTom and Sue GussRoger HaeferRonald HaganHampton Tree Farm AffiliatesPhil HassingerCalvin Haueter RanchJim HayesChris and Donna Heffernan

Blake and Robin HenningsMark HeuettEdwin HoofnagleTed HuffBob HumphreyInternational Paper CompanyLawrence and Marjorie IversonJefferson CountyJohn Hancock Insurance (The Campbell Group) Sonny JohnsonCurtis Jones, Jr.Steve and Nori KaserTim and Jan Kerns of Kerns Rainbow RanchPhil KetscherTom KetscherBradley KlannCharles KoenigDr. Jim KoppArthur E. KupillasLake County Grazing Advisory BoardBrian LackeyLane County Sheriff’s DepartmentRon LayPhil Layman of Boiler Ridge FarmMeyer LewisLincoln CityLincoln County Sheriff’s DepartmentLinn County Small Woodland OwnersLongview Fibre Co.Longview Fibre — Thomas Creek Tree FarmScott MadisonCity of MadrasMalheur County Soil, Water & Conservation DistrictPaul Martin of Juniper Mountain RanchCharles L. McLaughlinJack and Marge McClarenScott and Vicki McClaranCity of McMinnville Water & LightMiami CorporationMartine MillsMorgrass Grazing Association of Long CreekBob and Terry MorseJudd MorrisMt. Hood National ForestTed MuddTerry MuddThe Mule Deer FoundationMultnomah Anglers & HuntersNational Rifle Association FoundationNatural Resources Conservation ServiceThe Nature ConservancyCity of NewportNorth Coast Travel Management Area VolunteersTerry NusomRobert NussbaumerHull OakesOchoco BowhuntersThe Old Bird HuntersVern OlsonOregon Department of AgricultureODFW’s Game Bird and Waterfowl Stamp ProgramsODFW’s Hunter Education ProgramOregon Department of ForestryOregon Farm BureauOregon Forest Industries CouncilOregon Hunters AssociationOregon State PoliceOregon State University Cooperative ExtensionOregon Tillamook Railroad AuthorityAl OsminPacifiCorpLee Palmer

Larry PettyjohnPheasants ForeverPioneer ResourcesPortland General ElectricPort of Tillamook RailroadPotlatch CorporationPaul ProudfootLyndale QuallsMark ReitmanRestoration & Enhancement BoardCarmen RobinsonKyle RobinsonRocky Mountain Elk FoundationRosboro Lumber CompanyRay RoyalRudio Mountain Timber Company Trevor Russell & FamilySalmonberry STEP VolunteersBill SanowskiJerry and Judy ScanlanLarry Sharp of Vale Farm I, LLCBob SheehyDennis SheehyCity of SiletzHenry SimonisSiuslaw National Forest — Hebo Ranger DistrictMerlin SmithIrwin Smutz of Blue Mountain RanchJack Southworth, Southworth Bros., Inc.Sport Fish Restoration FundHarry StangelStarker Forests, Inc.Joe StatzStimpson TimberStimson Tree FarmsSwanson SuperiorTaylor Grazing Ranch Improvement FundRon ThomasBrian Thompson Thompson TimberDoug TippettThe Trust for Public LandsBert UdellUnion County Noxious Weed AgencyUnion Soil & Water Conservation DistrictU.S. Army Corps of EngineersU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Partners for WildlifeVale High SchoolEldon Wait of Wait FarmHarold Weaver of Aldrich Point DairyRuss WeeksWeyerhaeuser CompanyJennie WhiteWildlife Restoration FundDennis WilkinsonDick WilkinsonWillamette Industries, Inc.Duane WilsonCity of YachatsYamhill County Sheriff’s DepartmentDave Young

The Access & HabitatBoard gives specialrecognition to OregonHunters Association, itsstate chapters andmembers for their valu-able support, contribu-tions, and involvementin the Access & HabitatProgram.

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HUNTER ACCESS SUMMARY

Projects providing hunter access accounted for the vastmajority of approved projects during the 97-99 biennium(93%). As a result, the program set new benchmarks forhunter opportunity and acreage open for public hunting:

✔ Over 320,700 hunter use days provide✔ 3,822,973 acres of private lands

open for public hunting access

Hunting access was offered on private farms and ranchesand extensive tracts of industrial forest lands. Sportsmenvolunteers served as gatekeepers for private timber com-panies, keeping a watch over property and ensuring con-tinued hunting privileges for the public.

Regulated hunt areas were established on private ranchand grazing association lands in coordination with ODFW.And two properties were acquired to secure importantwildlife habitat and recreational access for long-term pub-lic use and enjoyment. On projects establishing travelmanagement areas, the A&H Board carefully consideredpossible impacts to senior and disabled citizens, support-ing project modifications that benefit these constituentsand maintain landowner incentive to provide publicaccess.

The majority of hunting opportunities on A&H projectlands is for deer, elk, waterfowl and upland birds.Projects also offer access for other recreational pursuitsincluding wildlife viewing, camping, hiking, fishing,mushrooming, horseback riding and cross country skiing.

HABITAT ENHANCEMENT SUMMARY

The wide range of habitat improvement projects fundedby A&H reflects the diversity of Oregon’s landscape. Justover 22,000 acres of private landholdings were improvedto benefit wildlife, fish and watershed health. A samplingof the kinds of projects funded in 97-99 includes wetlandrestoration, riparian protective fencing, wildlife forage cropplantings, tree and shrub cover plantings, range land rehabilita-tion, controlled burns, pasture and meadow fertilization, springdevelopments, erosion control, juniper management, grazingmanagement fencing and irrigation system improvements.

FUNDING SOURCES

Funding for the A&HProgram is derivedfrom three sources:✔ A $2 surcharge on

annual hunting licenses

✔ Allocations from ODFW’s Green Forage and Deer Enhancement &Restoration (D.E.A.R.)programs

✔ Proceeds from the auction and raffle of up to 10 deer and 10 elk tags annually

A&H PROGRAM EXPENDITURES

Access and Habitat revenues are used to fund approvedproject grants and administrative expenses, including one

permanent statewidecoordinator position.For the 1997-99 bienni-um, program expendi-tures to date total$1,239,000. Projectsapproved during theremainder of the 97-99biennium will bedrawn from the“uncommitted” fundsas shown at left.

A&H PROJECT EXPENDITURES

The A&H legislationestablishes eligibility forprojects that provide habi-tat improvement benefits,hunting access benefits ora balance of both. In 1997-99, the Commission allocated 47% of A&Hgrant expenditures to pro-jects providing both accessand habitat benefits, 46%to access only projects and7% to habitat improve-ment projects. Fully 93% of A&H grant funds wereexpended on projects offering hunting access benefits.

Hunting LicenseSurcharges

$1.2 million (72%)

GreenForage/D.E.A.R.

$150,000 (9%)

Auction/RaffleHunts

$325,000 (19%)

ApprovedGrants

$1,000,000

AdministrativeCosts

$239,000

UncommittedProject Funds

$436,000

Habitat7%

Access 46%

Access andHabitat47%

A&H Funds$1,000,000

(22%)

CooperatorMatching Funds$3,500,000 (78%)

Revenue projected through June 1999.Revenue may vary depending on actualhunting licenses sold and results of the1999 Auction and Raffle Hunt Program.

Expenditures as of January 1, 1999 = $1,239,000

A&H project cooperatorscontributed a significant$3.5 million in matchingfunds towards 97-99approved projects. In otherwords, for every A&H $1spent, over $3 of cooperatorfunds were contributedtowards completion ofapproved projects.


PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS

The A&H Program has funded 60 projects during the 97-99 biennium as of November 1998 which have increasedhunter access opportunities to private lands, improvedwildlife habitat and fostered cooperation betweenlandowners, hunters and ODFW. Here are a few examplesof recent projects:

Private Lands Goose Hunting Access Project

A $32,000 grant was awarded to ODFW’s NorthwestRegion for a hunter access program designed to help alle-viate goose depredation on private agricultural lands andincrease public hunting opportunities in the LowerColumbia and Willamette River valleys.

The project includes securing agreements with privatelandowners to allow hunters on their lands, developmentof maps showing enrolled private lands, providing signsfor landowners to post informing hunters where huntingis allowed, hiring a temporary program coordinator and apublic information campaign to increase landowner andhunter involvement in the program. Volunteers from theOregon Hunters Association and Ducks Unlimited are alsoactively participating in the project.

Heffernan Ranch andHennings Ranch AdditionalLandowner Preference Tags

North Powder ranchers Chrisand Donna Heffernan andBlake and Robin Henningswere granted eight additionallandowner preference antlerlesselk tags for providing signifi-cant public access and benefi-cial wildlife habitat programson their properties in UnionCounty. The tags were donated to the Elkhorn Chapter ofthe Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Portland and Bakerchapters of the Oregon Hunters Association and the LaGrande Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federationfor their 1998 fundraising activities.

Morgrass Regulated Hunt Area

As part of a successful public hunting access program incooperation with ODFW, the Morgrass GrazingAssociation of Long Creek received a $7,700 grant to con-struct a 1.25-mile lay-down fence along the association’s9,000-acre Grant County property and the MalheurNational Forest. A lay-down fence has lower maintenancecosts than standard fence designs and is less likely toinjure wildlife attempting to cross it.

The Morgrass Grazing Association has allowed hunteraccess to its property, which provides important habitatfor Rocky Mountain elk and mule deer, on a by-permis-sion basis since August 1997.

Alder Springs RanchAcquisition

A $50,000 grant to The Trust forPublic Lands was used to helppurchase 840 acres of criticalmule deer winter range in theMetolius wildlife managementunit. The property is locatedalong Squaw Creek, 10 milesnorth of Highway 126 inJefferson County. About 1,400mule deer use the area duringthe winter. The property also

contains unique and important riparian and canyon landhabitats which supports a variety of fish and wildlifespecies. The newly acquired land was conveyed to theU.S. Forest Service to be included within the CrookedRiver National Grassland which surrounds the property.

Palmer Wetland and Upland Habitat EnhancementProject

A $9,600 grant to Lee Palmer, of Ione, was used torestore, enhance and maintain wildlife habitat on 80 acresof wetlands located on his property in Morrow County.Habitat work has involved development of a pond, plant-ing trees, shrubs, legumes and grasses, installing an elec-tric fence and irrigation headgate and control of Russianolive trees in wetland areas. The property provides habitatfor waterfowl, upland game birds and other wildlifespecies. The landowner allows public access to the proper-ty for game bird hunting and wildlife viewing.

Alder Creek Habitat Improvement

Alder Creek Ranch owner Chuck McLaughlin, of BakerCounty, was awarded a $5,000 grant to continue a cooper-ative program to improve wildlife habitat on his propertyby controlling leafy spurge through the use of a combina-tion of herbicides, insect biological control and wildlifeforage plantings and fertilization. A significant aspect ofthis project is that it is replacing the traditional practice ofcontrolling leafy spurge bygrazing domestic sheep. Thiswill minimize the risk oftransmitting diseases fromdomestic sheep to a local herdof California bighorn sheep.

Alesa Carey’s first elk.


NW Region Private Lands Benton, Lane, Lincoln, $185,790 $385,530 $571,320 Law Enforcement 1997-99 Linn, Polk, YamhillJackson Access & Cooperative Jackson $9,000 $46,600 $55,600 Travel Management Area

Cook Well Re-drilling Project Lake $1,500 $21,538 $23,038

Ussing Farm Habitat Project Malheur $6,120 $6,600 $12,720 Lost Creek & Little Malheur Malheur $16,800 $14,480 $31,280 River Crossings

Mule Deer Springs Habitat Crook $30,852 $70,500 $101,352 & Access Project

Dixie Meadow Riparian Crook $3,000 $5,225 $8,225 Improvement & SpringRehabilitationNorth Coast Private Lands Clatsop, Columbia, $66,012 $65,221 $131,233 Access Project 1997 TillamookZumwalt-Sheep Divide Wallowa $2,000 $1,250 $3,250 Elk Hazer 1997Sled Springs Cooperative Wallowa $16,600 $7,200 $23,800 Access Project

Morgrass Regulated Hunt Grant $5,000 $2,500 $7,500 Area 1997

Thomas Creek Hunter Linn $1,200 $1,600 $2,800Access 1997

Hartwig Ranch Habitat Linn $3,243 $3,943 $7,186Enhancement

Ungulate Management Wallowa $20,000 $309,000 $329,000Research

Alder Creek Habitat Baker $5,000 $16,850 $21,850Improvement 1997

Boiler Ridge Farm Fertilization Columbia $2,775 $3,360 $6,135

Salmonberry Access Project Tillamook $5,000 $35,000 $40,000

Linn Private Lands Law Linn $3,000 $97,155 $100,155Enforcement 1997

Guss Elk and Deer Benton $2,150 $3,300 $5,450Forage Enhancement

Bar Shoe Valley Wildlife Crook $6,600 $34,737 $41,337EnhancementMt. Jefferson Rifle, Archery Jefferson $5,000 $6,182 $11,182& Pistol Association

Wait Farm Fertilization Clatsop $7,200 $6,160 $13,360

Mt. Harris Elk & Mule Deer Union $50,000 $252,300 $302,300Winter Range Project

Silvies River Riparian Exclosure Grant $5,478 $2,208 $7,686

Heppner Regulated Hunt Morrow $50,730 $47,923 $98,653Area 1997

Aldrich Point Habitat Project Clatsop $9,300 $20,930 $30,230

Hebo Ranger District Meadow Tillamook $1,500 $2,500 $4,000Maintenance and EnhancementAbiqua Basin Hunter Access Marion $5,348 $3,200 $8,348Riverside Wildlife Area Malheur $10,000 $32,322 $42,322Railroad AcquisitionDemaris Ranch Watershed & Crook $15,600 $69,000 $84,600Habitat Enhancement

Project Name County Grant Amount Cooperator Funding Total Project Cost

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Access 1,250,000 N/A 75,000

Access & Habitat 38,400 410 7,200

Habitat Public Land 1 Public Land

Access & Habitat 230 40 15 Access 100,000 N/A 300

Access & Habitat 1,857 1,800 20

Access & Habitat 7,800 3 100

Access 1,200,000 N/A 50,000

Access 20,000 N/A 1 ,100

Access 128,000 N/A 1,700

Access 9,000 N/A 550

Access 16,000 N/A 1,200

Habitat N/A 27 N/A

Access 9,700 N/A 50

Habitat N/A 160 N/A

Access & Habitat 20 36 120

Access 20,000 N/A 500

Access 485,000 N/A 30,000

Habitat N/A 5 N/A

Habitat N/A 2,690 N/A

Hunter Education N/A N/A N/A


Access & Habitat 20,000 3,500 500

Access & Habitat 11,700 1,000 240

Access & Habitat 101,460 2,700 21,000


Habitat Public Land 55 Public Land

Access 24,000 N/A 4,000Habitat N/A 250 Riverside WA receives 2,800

recreation use days/yearAccess & Habitat 2,150 1,350 20

Type of Project Acres Affected - Access Acres Affected - Habitat Estimated Hunter Days/Year


Project Name County Grant Amount Cooperator Funding Total Project Cost

Bear Creek Watershed Project Crook $10,453 $12,822 $23,275

Happy Ridge Forage Wasco $11,144 $42,307 $53,451Enhancement & Irrigation Project

Nusom Pasture Renovation Columbia $4,195 $6,465 $10,660

North Coast Travel Clatsop, Tillamook, $78,850 $116,054 $194,904Management Area 1998 Columbia

Francis Albro Elk Fence Douglas $3,250 $2,000 $5,250

Alder Springs Ranch Jefferson $50,000 $906,500 $956,500Acquisition

Totals $1,005,187 $3,496,600 $4,502,087

McQueen Well Solar Power Lake $4,000 $4,000 $8,000

Anderson Riparian Fencing, Water Douglas $11,234 $12,304 $23,538Development & Habitat Improvement

Hoxie Creek Riparian Meadow Jackson $5,875 $5,245 $11,120Enhancement

Hunt Mountain Habitat Enhancement Baker $24,270 $59,434 $83,704

Cow Valley Elk Hazer Malheur $10,890 $7,549 $18,439Heppner Regulated Hunt Area 1998 Morow $48,754 $63,450 $112,204

Private Lands Goose Hunting Benton, Clackamas, $32,000 $140,000 $172,000Access Clatsop, Columbia,

Lane, Linn, Marion,Multnomah, Polk,Washington, Yamhill

Grizzly Slough Habitat Project Clatsop $11,700 $12,950 $24,650

Sled Springs Demonstration Wallowa $17,100 $7,200 $24,300Management Area 1998

Zumwalt-Bartlett Elk Hazer Wallowa $4,000 $1,550 $5,550

Morgrass Regulated Hunt Grant $7,700 $3,700 $11,400Area 1998

Palmer Wetland and Upland Morrow $9,600 $22,461 $32,061Habitat Enhancement

High Valley Big Game Union $8,350 $2,500 $10,850Damage Control

Old Bird Hunters Habitat Malheur $10,000 $10,110 $20,110Project

Jackson Access & Cooperative Jackson $13,000 $50,250 $63,250Travel Management Area 1998

Kupillas Ranch Access & Jackson $15,000 $20,735 $35,735Habitat Project

Linn Private Lands Law Linn $3,000 $327,740 $330,740Enforcement 1998

Joe Statz Habitat Enhancement Lincoln $7,410 $12,870 $20,280

Alder Creek Habitat Baker $5,000 $17,850 $22,850Improvement 1998

Smutz Access & Wetland Union $8,314 $3,375 $11,689Enhancement

Longbox Ranch Juniper Grant $9,100 $7,750 $16,850Control & Spring Development

Juniper Mountain Project Malheur $10,150 $8,150 $18,300

Logan Butte Riparian Project Crook $16,050 $21,875 $37,925

Beagle Creek Watershed Baker, $3,000 $13,590 $16,590Noxious Weed Control Union


Type of Project Acres Affected - Access Acres Affected - Habitat Estimated Hunter Days/Year

Habitat N/A 280 N/A

Habitat Public Land 175 White River WA receives 50,000 recreation use days/year


Access 1,500,000 N/A 60,000



3,822,973 23,032 320,748



Access & Habitat 320 320 100Access & Habitat 3,000 65 244

Access 8,500 N/A 300Access & Habitat 97,500 2,650 22,000

Access 107,000 N/A New program - hunter days will becompiled at the end of the season


Access 128,000 N/A 1,700

Access 24,000 N/A 1,200

Access 9,000 N/A 500


Access & Habitat 10,000 260 100

Habitat N/A 70 N/A

Access & Habitat 48,000 200 7,200


Access 485,000 N/A 30,000

Access & Habitat 25 15 Hunt area under pasture renovation

Habitat N/A 160 N/A

Access & Habitat 1,400 1,400 600

Access & Habitat 2,000 180 20Access & Habitat 8,930 365 100

Habitat N/A 640 N/A

Access & Habitat 12,000 200 2,340

Acreage for multi-year projects only added once to total.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

The 1997 Oregon Legislature authorizedfunding of the A&H Program throughDecember 31, 2003. Over the next five yearsand looking beyond, the A&H Board,Advisory Councils and ODFW will continueto pursue the following strategies:

✔ Encourage the funding of projects that provide significant public recreationaccess to private lands and land-locked public lands.

✔ Encourage the participation of state watershed councils and other coordinated resource planning groups in the program.

✔ Facilitate cooperative programs that reduce wildlife depredation on private lands and minimize economic losses to landowners.

✔ Foster partnerships and leverage funding between landowners, hunters, ODFW and others for the benefit of the state’s fish and wildlife resources.

As Oregon’s human population grows,demand for recreation will exert an ever-increasing strain on our public lands andresources. The A&H Program can help off-set this demand by offering increased publichunting opportunities on Oregon’s vast pri-vate landholdings, while providinglandowner incentives to enhance fish andwildlife habitat. Under the capable guid-ance of the A&H Board and RegionalCouncils, the program will continue toserve Oregon’s hunters and land stewardsin a partnership for wildlife conservation.

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PROJECT DISTRIBUTION

The 60 projects approved through November 1998 are locatedthroughout the state, reflecting the general distribution of privatelands in Oregon.


Text by Beth Waterbury and Jim YuskavitchDesign by Jim Yuskavitch and Kay Barton

Beth WaterburyAccess and Habitat Program CoordinatorOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Wildlife DivisionPost Office Box 59

Portland, Oregon 97207Phone (503) 872-5260 extension 5349

Fax (503) 872-5269E-Mail [email protected]

* Projects funded twice within the 97-99 biennium are only represented once on map.

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