INDEX 0 State GAME COMMISSION BUL VOLUME 21, NUMBERS 1 to 6 No. Month JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1966 Page ACCESS Landowner's liability limited Public access and landowner services 1 5 Jan.-Feb. Sept.-Oct. ADMINISTRATION License fee increase recommended 2 Mar.-Apr. 4 3 4 BASINS Willamette basin review BIG GAME Application deadlines near Big game harvest, 1965 Bighorns in the Owyhee Bighorns spotted in Steens Marked deer reports wanted 4 July-Aug. 6 7 5 July-Aug. May-June Jan.-Feb. Sept.-Oct. 6 Nov.-Dec. 7 4 3 1 6 2 2 COMMISSIONERS Metke elected chairman 2 Mar.-Apr. DIRECTOR'S COLUMN License fee increase recommended 2 Mar.-Apr. Nongame birds 1 Jan.-Feb. 2 No. Month 1 Jan.-Feb. 2 Nov.-Dec. Nov.-Dec. Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. 4 May-June 2 FISHERIES Catch any marked steelhead? Fish habitat improvement Little mysis grow bigger fish Rearing reservoir rumors Steelheaders do well Sturgeon tagged 6 6 2 2 3 HABITAT IMPROVEMENT (Fish and Game) Fish habitat improvement 6 Nov.-Dec. Winter range rehabilitation 3 May-June INFORMATION AND EDUCATION 2 Mar.-Apr. Hunting casualties increase in 1965 2 Mar.-Apr. Hunting safety film available 4 July-Aug. Land mammals chart 4 July-Aug. Bulletin-20 years old We're trying to reach you 1 Jan.-Feb. MANAGEMENT AREAS Hunters using grounds 2 Mar.-Apr. Page 2 3 7 4 3 2 7 7 7 3 4 4 4 MEETINGS FEATURE ARTICLES Demand vs. supply C. C. Jensen 4 July-Aug. Fish habitat improvement C. J. Campbell 6 Nov.-Dec. Public access and landowner serv- 3 4 Notice of hearings Angling Angling Big game Big game Small game ices Francis Schneider Rearing reservoir rumors R. L. Garrison Reflections and forecasts P. W. Schneider We're trying to reach you Ron Shay What's doing R. C. Holloway Willamette basin review W. E. Pitney Winter range rehabilitation Mel Cummings 5 Sept.-Oct. 3 2 Mar.-Apr. 3 6 Nov.-Dec. 3 1 Jan.-Feb. 3 5 4 3 Sept.-Oct. July-Aug. May-June 4 6 3 5 6 2 3 4 Sept.-Oct. Nov.-Dec. Mar.-Apr. May-June July-Aug. 2 2 4 2 2 MIGRATORY BIRDS Bird shooting fair 3 Seasons Waterfowl inventory, 1966 5 May-June Sept.-Oct. Mar.-Apr. 2 Mar.-Apr. July-Aug. 4 4 6 Nov.-Dec. 2 1 Jan.-Feb. Sept.-Oct. Jan.-Feb. 2 2 2 7 PERSONNEL McRae, Archie Morton, Gene Rivers, Cole M. Schneider, P. W. Shannon, Arne Shay, Ron 2 5 1 7 2 2 No. Month Rearing reservoir rumors 2 Mar.-Apr. 3 5 Sept.-Oct. May-June Nov.-Dec. Jan.-Feb. Mar.-Apr. 7 SONG BIRDS Cowbird House finch Oregon junco Swallows Water ouzel 3 6 1 2 2 Seasons Turkey hunt, 1965 5 1 Sept.-Oct. Jan.-Feb. vey, 1965 Wire, Frank B. Zulu spear sent Commission 1 6 5 5 Jan.-Feb. Jan.-Feb. Sept.-Oct. 2 Nov.-Dec. Sept.-Oct. Sept.-Oct. 7 5 8 8 2 4 6 Nov.-Dec. 7 4 July-Aug. Mar.-Apr. 2 7 2 Cover Pictures (Back) Grouse, Franklin's Grouse, Sharp-tailed Turkey, Merriam's 5 Sept.-Oct. Sept.-Oct. 6 3 4 4 5 5 1 July-Aug. July-Aug. Sept.-Oct. Sept.-Oct. Jan.-Feb. 6 8 6 6 7 2 Jan.-Feb. Mar.-Apr. 6 Nov.-Dec. 8 8 8 1 Jan.-Feb. 1 6 2 5 Nov.-Dec. Mar.-Apr. Sept.-Oct. 4 July-Aug. May-June 1 Cover Pictures (Front) Banding wood ducks Elk, Rocky Mountain Lint Slough Partridge, chukar Rainbow brood trout Seeding pine and bitterbrush Habitat Improvement (Fish and Game) Cooperative seeding of grasses and bitterbrush 3 May-June Crook County cooperative re3 May-June vegetation project Juniper competition reduction 3 May-June 5 Rearing impoundment water 3 5 Logjam removal, before and after Logjam removal, North Smith River Planting bitterbrush Seeding pine and bitterbrush Spraying rotenone Spraying weeds Successful bitterbrush seeding Swimming biologist sprays rotenone Information and Education Assortment of publications shops 5 Basins Big Game Bag of repellent in tree Deer-proof fence Show-me trip 6 2 2 6 6 5 4 5 1 3 7 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 Summer youth camp Personnel Cavanaugh, Walt Holloway shooting movie Maben, Bob Morton, Gene Rivers, Cole M. Schneider, P. W. Shannon, Arne Shay's award 4 4 Nov.-Dec. 4 Sept.-Oct. 5 3 3 May-June May-June 4 6 Nov.-Dec. Sept.-Oct. 4 4 5 1 3 May-June 5 6 Nov.-Dec. 4 1 Jan.-Feb. 6 Sept.-Oct. Jan.-Feb. 4 Summer conservation work- Access Crew checking recording thermometer Measuring velocity of stream Nov.-Dec. 4 4 2 2 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Boat ramp in use Closed boat launching site 6 2 control inspection Trapping spawning kokanee Unity Reservoir anglers July-Aug. Jan.-Feb. 2 Sept.-Oct. July-Aug. 5 4 2 1 4 3 3 3 Mysis, fish food Mysis relicta MISCELLANEOUS 5 Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. July-Aug. July-Aug. Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. Nov.-Dec. 5 See "Migratory Birds" 1 2 2 2 Lint slough tide gates WATERFOWL Einarsen, Arthur S. From out of the past From out of the past Game law enforcement report Hunter's code of ethics Juveniles require certificates Kelly Butte range open Landowner's liability limited National fishing and hunting sur- Month Fisheries Biologists trapping cohos Cohos, male and female Coho smolts Fin clipping Lake anglers Lint slough 7 UPLAND GAME Page No. Page RESEARCH 5 1 6 4 Jan.-Feb. Jan.-Feb. Jan.-Feb. July-Aug. 7 6 Nov.-Dec. 2 1 1 1 1 7 1 Jan.-Feb. Sept.-Oct. Jan.-Feb. 2 7 2 Sept.-Oct. May-June Nov.-Dec. Jan.-Feb. Mar.-Apr. 1 Jan.-Feb. 8 2 4 Mar.-Apr. July-Aug. 2 1 5 1 2 2 Song Birds Cowbird House finch Oregon junco Swallows Water Ouzel Upland Game Grouse, Franklin's 5 3 6 1 2 7 5 7 Miscellaneous Spear, Zulu Wire, Frank B. 2