INDEX
OREGON
WILDLIFE
Published monthly by Oregon Wildlife Commission
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBERS
1
No.
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JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1974
Month
Page
ACCESS
Angler access
critical need .... 8
Pole slide constructed, West
Fork Millicoma River
1
ADMINISTRATION
A look at three laws
3
Angler access
critical need ___- 8
Dollars for wildlife
6
Dollars for wildlife
7
Help wildlife
10
New game planes
8
Percent of taxes for natural
resource expenditures
6
The Wildlife Commission
1
Wildlife for the future
12
Wildlife law enforcement
9
ANIMALS, NONGAME
The bobcat is in trouble!
11
Gray whale census off
California
6
Illegal animal skin ring
uncovered ..
1
Importer of endangered
cheetahs sentenced
2
It's hard to relate to a whale
2
Lynx found near Albany
11
Rare and endangered speciesis hunting to blame?
7
Skunks destroy insects
6
Would you know a dugong
from a grampus?
11
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Aug.
2
Jan.
11
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Page
3
March
11
2
Feb.
10
July
Jan.
2
Aug.
2
June
2
July
2
Oct.
2
Feb.
2
Nov.
2
March
May
2
2
2
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March
12
Aug.
2
Oct.
Aug.
2
2
12
12
June
July
June
Jan.
10
3
Dec.
Sept.
3
2
Nov.
3
June
10
Jan.
11
Feb.
Feb.
10
2
10
Nov.
July
June
10
Nov.
8
8
BIG GAME
Antelope seasons
4
1974 big game hunting outlook 9
1973 big game hunting report 5
Deer herds counted
3
Elk transplants to begin soon 2
1974 general big game seasons 7
Hearings to be held
4
Knappa elk hunt boundaries
amended
11
Mountain pine beetle damages
elk habitat
10
New elk rule this fall
10
Oregon's pronghorn antelope
10
Sheep hunters successful
11
Understanding mule deerWarbach cartoon
2
'73 unit maps still good
. 9
Whitetail deer killed by
vehicles
6
.. in Pennsylvania
No. Month
BIRDS, NONGAME
Beware of vampire-killers _........ 8
Aug.
Bird names changed
1
Jan.
Birds and bugs
12
Dec.
Brown pelican
11
Nov.
Gulls
12
Dec.
Illegal sales of eagle feathers
2
Feb.
Illegal traffic in eagle,
migratory bird parts
8
Aug.
New bird discovered in Hawaii 8
Aug.
New bird handbook available _. 7
July
Of starlings and such
12
Dec.
April
Sept.
May
March
Feb.
11
11
3
9
7
July
12
April
11
Nov.
11
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
7
11
3
10
Feb.
Sept.
8, 9
10
June
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Reward offered for information
on shooters of bald eagles
Whooping crane population
declines
COMMISSIONERS
Moore appointed to Wildlife
Commission
7
The Wildlife Commission
1
EDITORIALS
Angler access
critical need
R. C. Holloway
8
Dollars for wildlife
R. C. Holloway
6
Dollars for wildlife
R. C. Holloway ..
7
Fish hatcheries
R. C. Holloway
10
It's hard to relate to
a whale-RES
2
Land for wildlife..
R. C. Holloway
11
National wildlife week 1974 RES .
3
No room for wildlife?-RES
5
The pinch period -RES
12
"We, therefore, dedicate this
publication ... "-RES
1
4
Who cares?-RES _._.
Wildlife law enforcement
R. C. Holloway ...
9
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3
Jan.
April
2
Sept.
2
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
EQ index on downhill slide
4
April
Life expectancy of litter
5
May
Scientists call for broad
conservation effort
6
June
Wasted energy in wildlife
- conservation i
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6
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10
2
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No.
FEATURE ARTICLES
Anatomy of a fish
by Larry Bisbee
4
Backyard wildlife
by Chuck Bruce
3
1973 big game hunting season
report by Paul Ebert
5
The bobcat is in trouble!
by R. U. Mace
11
Deschutes summer steelhead
and resident rainbow
by Jim Fessler & Al Lichens 9
Fish migrations
by Dave Heckeroth
2
Oregon snakes
by Dr. Robert M. Storm
8
Oregon's pronghorn antelope
by Ellis Mason
10
Renewing waters
by Ralph Swan
7
Upland bird propagation
by Don Kirkpatrick
6
The Wildlife Commission
1
Wildlife for the future
by R. C. Holloway
12
Month
Page
April
3
March
3
May
3
Nov.
3
Sept.
3
Feb.
3
Aug.
3
Oct.
3
July
3
June
Jan.
3
3
Dec.
3
No.
Sagebrush valuable for wildlife
We can't go back
Wildlife management area set
up in Baker County
3
11
6
Month Page
March
11
Nov.
10
June
9
HUNTERS, HUNTER SAFETY AND FIREARMS
An autumn saga
10
Oct.
12
Drop in 1973 firearms casualties 2
10
Feb.
Hunter training broadened
Hunters and preservationists
Hunting prohibited in Geneva,
Switzerland
Refuge hunting upheld
Steel shot
Study clarifies anti -hunting
sentiment
Wasted energy in wildlife
conservation
7
10
July
Oct.
10
11
Nov.
9
Sept.
10
8
7
12
Dec.
7
2
Feb.
12
8
Aug.
10
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
Help wildlife
10
Oct.
New motion picture film
available
7
July
Some good reading
11
Nov.
12
11
5
FISHERIES
Anatomy of a fish
Angling regulations for 1975 _.._
Bass can distinguish between
colors
4
April
12
Dec.
12
7
July
11
11
Calculating fish weights
12
Commission supports steelhead
initiative
3
Deschutes summer steelhead
and resident rainbow
9
Fish hatcheries
10
Fish migrations __
2
Fish rain from skies in
Australia
9
Grayling to be established
in Fall River
11
National fisheries plan
11
Near -record rainbow and
sturgeon taken
7
Northern pike in Hyatt Lake
9
Pole slide constructed, West
Fork Millicoma River .__
1
Record catfish
1
Renewing waters
7
Request for return of
salmon-steelhead tags
2
Salmon attack early settlers
5
Salt in saltwater fishes
12
Spring chinook Rogue River
study
6
'74 trout stocking story
4
Who cares? _
4
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Dec.
3
March
8
Sept.
Oct.
Feb.
3
2
3
Sept.
10
Nov.
Nov.
11
11
July
11
10
Jan.
Jan.
July
11
11
3
Sept.
Feb.
May
10
7
Dec.
11
June
April
April
12
8
MEETINGS
Angling regulations for 1975
12
Angling regulations hearing
10
Dates to be set
12
Hearings to be held
4
National fisheries plan
11
Regulations hearing set
8
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Bird names changed
1
1973 bird seasons
5
Birds and bugs
12
Birds' navigating ability
April
Nov.
Aug.
Jan.
May
Dec.
12
2
2
11
11
9
11
10
11
June
April
10
4
9
11
9
Sept.
Nov.
Sept.
10
10
8
5
May
Dec.
Sept.
8
researched
6
Dogs curbed
Duck stamp art contest
Flight of the snow goose
Lead shot ban proposed ....... _
Lead shot may be banned on
Sauvie Island Management
Area
Steel shot
Study of swans
Upland game and waterfowl
seasons set for 1974
Whooping cranes hang on
Winter waterfowl numbers
down .__
Dec.
Oct.
Dec.
12
9
9
11
Sept.
Nov.
9
7
10
12
10
3
March
8
5
May
9
7
July
11
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
Oregon snakes
8
Aug.
3
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2
HABITAT IMPROVEMENT AND DEGRADATION
Backyard wildlife
3
March
3
EQ index on downhill slide
4
April
10
Habitat is key to
endangered species
12
Dec.
11
Mountain pine beetle
10
Oct.
7
Renewing waters
7
July
3
PERSONNEL
Bryce Powell receives award ....
Ron Shay elected president,
AACI
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UPLAND GAME
bird seasons
5
Birds and bugs
12
Dogs curbed
4
Role of the game farm
6
Spring turkey season
applications due ..
2
Upland bird propagation
6
Upland game and waterfowl
seasons set for 1974
9
1973
.
Month
May
Dec.
Page
April
June
10
11
9
8
Feb.
10
June
3
Sept.
12
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS
Camas Swale to be sold
8
Aug.
Jewell Meadows
2
Feb.
Land for wildlife
11
Nov.
Lead shot may be banned on
Sauvie Island Management
Area
5
May
Litter problem reduced at
Sauvie Island
10
Oct.
Wildlife management area set
up in Baker County
6
June
9
10
2
8
6
9
MISCELLANEOUS
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Acid rain pollution damaging ____ 8
Animal Protection Institute
fund -raising
3
Animals collect lead along
highways
7
Backpacking booklet available .. 3
"Be safe from insects" booklet
8
Better Business Bureau retraction on API fund -raising ___- 5
Birdwatching license suggested 4
Boom in exotic leathers for
riding boots
9
Conservation directory available 5
Drugs in a clamshell
12
Ecograms
12
The elephant
11
Elephant hunting banned
4
Extinct mammals
10
Financing nonconsumptive use 5
Golden eagle passport available
at national parks
5
Governor receives top award
from National Wildlife
Federation
4
Harnessing wind power
8
Historical highlights
1
Hunters' license fees provide
$107 million a year
5
Indian mosquitoes
9
Izaak Walton League sponsors
Snake River tour
5
Monetary assessment placed
on marshlands
4
Mountain pine beetle
10
New game planes
8
Organic food
10
Pelicans return to Louisiana ._ 10
Piranhas spread in Brazil
10
Poaching in Russia
6
Porsche designs recyclable sedan 4
Rare and endangered species
is hunting to blame?
7
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Aug.
11
March
11
July
Aug.
11
11
11
May
7
March
April
9
Sept.
May
10
7
11
11
10
9
6
Dec.
Dec.
Nov.
April
Oct.
May
May
7
7
April
12
Jan.
11
6
May
Sept.
10
May
10
April
9
7
Aug.
Oct.
Aug.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
June
April
July
7
12
6
6
6
10
9
8
No.
Month
MISCELLANEOUS-Continued
Reward offered for information
on shooters of bald eagles ._._ 3
March
Shooters outnumber golfers
4
April
"Snakes of Hawaii" perfect
book ..__
4
April
States spend $315 million
annually for wildlife
management
3
March
Third national hunting and
fishing day on tap
9
Sept.
Tipsy elephants kill five
in India
10
Oct.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Animals, Nongame
Bobcat
11
Nov. 1, 3, 4, 12
California sea lion
11
Nov.
9
Gray fox
12
Dec.
4
Gray whale
11
Nov.
9
Harbor seal
11
Nov.
8
Red squirrel at feeder
3
March
3
Steller sea lion
11
Nov.
9
Big Game
Antelope
5
May
3
Antelope
10
Oct.
4, 5
Columbian whitetail deer ._ 5
May
1
Deer in woods
12
Dec.
4
Elk
10
Oct.
7
Elk at Jewell Meadows
7
July
10
Elk range
10
Oct.
8
1974 general big game
seasons
7
July
12
Pronghorn buck
10
Oct.
1
Understanding mule deer
Warbach cartoon
2
Feb.
8, 9
Birds, Nongame
Brown pelicans
11
Nov.
6, 7
Finch and bird feeder
3
March
1
Gulls
12
Dec.
8, 9
Snowy owl
1
Jan.
1
Woodpeckers sharing a snag 11
Nov.
5
Young eagles in nest
Bohlman & Finley
2
Feb.
11
Cartoons
Meenzwell -the environmentalist?-Warbach
3
March
10
Understanding mule deer
Warbach
2
Feb.
8, 9
Center Spreads
Commission installation map 1
Jan.
8-9
Commissioners
Mrs. Allen Bateman
.._. 1
Jan.
4
Dan Callaghan
1
Jan.
4
Commission hearing
1
Jan.
3
Allan Kelly
1
Jan.
5
Frank Moore __
1
Jan.
4
James Whittaker
1
Jan.
5
Cover-Back
Bobcat ..
11
Nov.
12
Commission organization
chart
1
Jan.
12
1974 general big game
seasons
7
July
12
Governor McCall with fish .. 4
April
12
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No.
Cover-Front
Bobcat
11
Chemically treating lake
7
Columbian whitetail deer
5
Deschutes River rapids
9
Finch and bird feeder .... _
3
Fisherman and fish ..
4
Fisherman, stream
2
Don Kirkpatrick with
pheasant eggs
6
Pronghorn buck
10
Snowy owl
1
Waterfowl on Sauvie Island 12
Western Oregon rattlesnake 8
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Chinook salmon
Cole Rivers Hatchery
Nov.
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1
1
1
1
1
June
1
1
Oct.
Jan.
1
Dec.
Aug.
1
1
1
Jan.
6
6
7
June
July
July
7
1
3
6
7
Dec.
Sept.
Deschutes River anglers
9
Deschutes River rapids
9
Deschutes summer steelhead 9
Drawings of fish
4
Fish anatomy ...
4
Fisherman and fish
4
Fishermen, stream
2
Fishermen with fish
2
Indian dipnet fisherman
9
Marking fish
2
Pelton Dam
9
Rotary fish screen
5
Stunted fish
,
7
Tagged rainbow trout
9
Tagging fish
2
Graphs, Charts, Maps
1973 antelope season ..._
5
Backyard planting plan
3
Closing and drawing dates
for 1974 tags and permits 7
Commission installation map 1
Commission organization
chart
1
Deer hunting trends
5
1973 deer season summary . 5
Deschutes River
9
Elk hunting trends
5
1973 elk season
5
Fish anatomy
4
1973 game bird harvest
5
1974 general big game
seasons
7
How rare and endangered
species get that way
7
Map -rattlesnake range
8
Revenue and expenditures
1
1974 upland game and
waterfowl seasons
9
12
4, 5, 6
Feb.
2
12
Sept.
Sept.
April
April
April
Feb.
1
4
3, 4, 7
5
1
1
Feb.
Sept.
Feb.
Sept.
May
7
5
4, 5
6
9
3
Sept.
Feb.
4
July
5
May
March
July
Jan.
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Jan.
May
May
Sept.
May
May
April
May
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4
12
8-9
10
6
4
3
6
5
5
11
July
12
July
Jan.
8
3
10
Sept.
12
Aug.
Chemical treatment
Chemically treating lake
Rose hips shrub
1
May
Sept.
March
April
Feb.
,.
Migratory Birds-Waterfowl
1973 game bird harvest
1974 upland game and
waterfowl seasons
Waterfowl on Sauvie Island
Personnel
Bryce Powell receives award
Al Smith removing lead
shot from ducks
Reptiles and Amphibians
Banded ground snake .......
Common kingsnake
Gopher snake
Mountain kingsnake
Night snake
Northwestern garter snake ._
Rattlesnake
Red -spotted garter snake
Ringneck snake
Rubber boa
Sharp- tailed snake
Striped whipsnake
Wandering garter snake
Western Oregon rattlesnake
Western racer
Upland Game
Bird hunter with dog
Chukar partridge
1973 game bird harvest
Grouse
Don Kirkpatrick with
pheasant eggs ..._
Nest box with pheasant eggs
Pheasant
Pheasant chicks
Pheasants in pens
Ring- necked pheasant
with hunters
1974 upland game and
waterfowl seasons _._
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7
3
July
July
4, 5, 6
5
May
11
9
12
Sept.
12
chart
Dead lodgepole pine trees,
logging
Governor McCall with fish
Lead shot from duck gizzards
Mountain pine beetle
Pull -tabs picked up by
Family Campers Assn.
Revenue and expenditures,
graph and tables
State Police airplane .__ .
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March
5
Dec.
1
5
May
9
5
May
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
5
5
8
8
8
8
8
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
12
Dec.
8
8
8
4
5
7
6
3
6
7
8
5
4
6
1
4
3
7
11
June
6
May
May
5
5
10
6
June
June
June
June
June
1
Jan.
9
Sept.
12
Jan.
8-9
6
6
6
6
1
Jan.
10
Oct.
4
3
5, 6
4
7
10
9
12
April
4
5
10
1
July
June
Miscellaneous
Commission organization
4
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Page
Wildlife Management Areas
Commission installation map 1
Elk at Jewell Meadows
7
Sumpter Valley ..
6
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Habitat Improvement and Degradation
Backyard planting plan
3 :
March
Bird baths
3
March
Bird feeders ..,_
3
March
Month
No.
1
July
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Fisheries
Antique liberation trucks
Capturing and tagging
salmon
Chemical treatment
Chemically treating lake
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May
Oct.
7
July
1
Jan.
8
Aug.
7
7
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