The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a public meeting to discuss big game hunting regulations and tag numbers for 2019 next week in The Dalles.
The forum begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, in the Dalles ODFW Screen Shop, 3561 Klindt Drive.
ODFW officials are holding 19 meetings around the state to provide people with an opportunity to learn more about a staff proposal to simplify hunting rules. Also on the table will be a conversation about 2019 tag numbers, which are expected to be very similar to 2018 numbers.
Big game winter survival was good this year due to a mild winter, but herds in some areas are still recovering from the severe 2016-17 winter.
For the third year, the White River Wildlife Area north of Tygh Valley will be closed to access From December 1 to March 31 to protect wintering deer and elk.
ODFW is seeking to help mule deer and black-tail deer populations continue recovering from snow on the ground for a record amount of time almost two years ago and an outbreak of diseases that followed six years of drought.
Public comment will be taken at the July 19 local meeting. People can also email comments to odfw.commission@state.or.us.
Final 2019 big game regulations will be adopted at the ODFW Commission meeting on Sept. 24 in Bandon.
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