2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 496 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Laws
Section 496.445 - Duties of commission.


(1) Provide appropriate State Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel to act as community advisors to cooperatively develop enhancement projects with citizen volunteers and to cooperatively evaluate enhancement projects with the citizens responsible for project implementation.
(2) Provide technical assistance to citizens responsible for implementation of enhancement projects.
(3) Coordinate the implementation of enhancement projects with the activities of department staff and other agencies.
(4) Provide educational and informational materials to promote public awareness and involvement in the salmon and trout enhancement program.
(5) Supervise the activities of citizens developing local brood stock for enhancement projects.
(6) Grant funds to citizens for the implementation of approved enhancement projects from such moneys as may be available to the commission therefor.
(7) Develop and implement a remote hatchbox program as described in ORS 496.458.
(8) Report annually to the Legislative Assembly on the progress of the salmon and trout enhancement program. [1981 c.317 §5; 1999 c.189 §2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources

Chapter 496 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Wildlife Laws

Section 496.004 - Definitions.

Section 496.007 - "Game bird" defined.

Section 496.009 - "Game fish" defined.

Section 496.012 - Wildlife policy.

Section 496.018 - Person with disability under wildlife laws.

Section 496.085 - Fish Screening Task Force; qualifications of members; duties.

Section 496.090 - State Fish and Wildlife Commission; members; terms; qualifications; compensation and expenses.

Section 496.108 - Commission officers; quorum; meetings.

Section 496.112 - State Fish and Wildlife Director; term; compensation and expenses; delegation of commission powers to director.

Section 496.116 - Delegation of rulemaking authority to director; requirements.

Section 496.118 - Duties and powers of director.

Section 496.121 - Authority of department to require fingerprints.

Section 496.128 - Reports by commission.

Section 496.138 - Commission policies and programs; rules; public hearings; agency request budgets.

Section 496.146 - Additional powers of commission; rules; fees; penalties.

Section 496.148 - Payment by credit card; fee; rules.

Section 496.151 - Allocation of nonresident tags for outfitters and guides.

Section 496.154 - Limitation on authority to condemn certain farm use property.

Section 496.156 - Expenditure priority for anadromous fish management.

Section 496.158 - Oregon Landowner Damage Program; fee.

Section 496.162 - Establishing seasons, amounts and manner of taking wildlife; rules.

Section 496.167 - Department recompensable assistance to agencies; tracking and statements.

Section 496.168 - Estimated expenses for recompensable assistance; invoices.

Section 496.171 - Definitions for ORS 496.171 to 496.182; applicability date.

Section 496.172 - Commission management authority for threatened or endangered species; rules.

Section 496.176 - Listing species; procedure; matters to be considered; periodic review.

Section 496.182 - Protection and conservation programs; mitigation of adverse impact on local economies; compliance by state agencies; rules.

Section 496.192 - Effect of law on commercial forestland or other private land; effect on other laws.

Section 496.201 - Department to furnish salmon for ceremonies; amount; source.

Section 496.206 - Written request for salmon; contents; time for providing salmon.

Section 496.211 - Limitation on amount and use.

Section 496.228 - Access and Habitat Board; qualification of members; expenses; term; meetings.

Section 496.232 - Board to make program recommendations; commission approval; report; fund expenditure qualifications; gifts and grants.

Section 496.236 - Advisory councils to board; duties; no compensation or expenses for members.

Section 496.242 - Access and habitat program funds.

Section 496.246 - Use of public lands for hunting; requirements regarding closure of access to public lands; exceptions.

Section 496.252 - Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.

Section 496.254 - Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee.

Section 496.264 - Findings.

Section 496.266 - Environmental restoration weirs; rules.

Section 496.270 - Immunity from liability for damages resulting from habitat or water quality improvement project; exceptions.

Section 496.272 - Wildlife Corridor Action Plan.

Section 496.273 - Agency assistance and advice regarding plan.

Section 496.275 - Salmon resource protection and restoration; review of public and private production facilities; approval of production facilities by department.

Section 496.280 - Findings.

Section 496.283 - Use of certain moneys; limitations on expenditures.

Section 496.286 - Restoration and Enhancement Board.

Section 496.289 - Duties of board; report to legislature; recommendations for programs.

Section 496.291 - Advisory councils; recommendations to board; consultation with councils.

Section 496.300 - State Wildlife Fund; sources; uses.

Section 496.303 - Fish and Wildlife Account; sources; subaccounts; uses.

Section 496.340 - Payments to counties in lieu of taxes.

Section 496.350 - Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power Administration Stewardship Fund; sources; uses.

Section 496.385 - Nongame Wildlife Fund.

Section 496.430 - Definitions for ORS 496.430 and 496.435 to 496.455.

Section 496.445 - Duties of commission.

Section 496.450 - Application for project; subjects for projects; conditions for approval.

Section 496.458 - Remote hatchbox program; rules.

Section 496.460 - Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program Advisory Committee; members; duties and powers; travel and expenses.

Section 496.470 - Natural production of anadromous fish; rules; priorities.

Section 496.475 - Adoption of basin plans.

Section 496.480 - Reports on basin plans.

Section 496.490 - Fishing tackle program.

Section 496.525 - Federal fish restoration and management aid; powers of commission with regard thereto.

Section 496.550 - Migratory waterfowl stamps; design selection; production of stamps and art works.

Section 496.558 - "Upland bird" defined.

Section 496.562 - Policy.

Section 496.566 - Contest for stamp design; sale of art works; contracts for stamp matters.

Section 496.571 - Habitat conservation stamp; fees; design selection; production of stamps and art works.

Section 496.610 - State police to enforce wildlife laws; payment of expenses from wildlife fund; appointment of federal agents.

Section 496.630 - District attorneys to prosecute criminal cases; jurisdiction of courts.

Section 496.665 - Issuance of search warrants; places searched; use and disposition of seized property.

Section 496.675 - Seizure without warrant by law enforcement personnel.

Section 496.680 - Seizure of unlawful devices and unlawfully taken wildlife; forfeiture; disposition; repayment of administrative costs.

Section 496.700 - Investigating violations; summoning witnesses.

Section 496.705 - Damage suits for unlawful killing of wildlife; exception; jurisdiction of courts.

Section 496.716 - Wildlife inspection stations.

Section 496.731 - Written notification requiring removal of attractant for potentially habituated wildlife; exceptions.

Section 496.750 - Wildlife Law Violator Compact.

Section 496.815 - Definitions for ORS 496.815 to 496.825.

Section 496.820 - Permit or license fee.

Section 496.825 - Application fee; exception.

Section 496.835 - Oregon Fish and Wildlife Hydroelectric Fund.

Section 496.850 - Community outreach and education regarding recreational harvesting of shellfish.

Section 496.992 - Penalties; revocation; forfeiture.

Section 496.994 - Obstructing the taking of wildlife prohibited.

Section 496.996 - Attempts to take wildlife decoy as unlawful wildlife taking.