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Oregon implements rare fishing restrictions to help fish during drought
Posted by Reuters: Shelby Sebens on July 17th, 2015
Reuters: Oregon wildlife officials are restricting fishing on most of the state's rivers in a first-of-its-kind effort to help fish populations that are dying off from high water temperatures as the state suffers ongoing drought conditions. Starting on Saturday and until further notice, fishing for trout, salmon, steelhead and sturgeon will be prohibited in most Oregon rivers, including part of the Willamette River, which runs through the middle of Portland and will be closed to fishing at all hours. Most...
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Governor of drought-parched Oregon to order water usage review
Posted by Reuters: Shelby Sebens on July 8th, 2015
Reuters: Oregon's governor plans to order state agencies to review their water usage and to draft strategies to conserve water in the parched state, following similar moves in neighboring drought-stricken California, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Governor Kate Brown plans to issue the directive later this month and asked residents of the West Coast state on Wednesday to conserve water and for state agencies to help raise awareness of drought conditions, her office said. "Drought is a slow moving disaster,"...
Oregon gov declares drought emergency as snow pack levels drop
Posted by Reuters: Shelby Sebens on March 17th, 2015
Reuters: Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snow pack levels.
The declarations in Oregon come as much of the U.S. West grapples with severe drought conditions.
Last week Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency across three regions of that state. And California is in its fourth year of a drought that has forced sharp cutbacks in irrigation...