It may cost you a lot more to go fishing, shellfishing and hunting next year. Oregon Fish and Wildlife is proposing fee increases averaging 20% starting in 2010.
Courtesy ODFW
Some examples, the resident annual angling license fee would go from $24.75 to $32.50 and a resident annual hunter fee rises from $22.50 to $29.00.
Do you like to cycle or bird watch on Sauvie Island? The parking fees could almost double. Daily passes would increase from $3.50 to $6.50 and annual passes would rise from $11.00 to $21.50.
ODFW’s Rick Hargrave says when the fee increases were first proposed, the idea was to maintain current programs and create some new hunting and fishing opportunities. Future fee hikes would be put off by 6-8 years.
But that was before the economy tanked.
Now, says Hargrave, ODFW needs to the money to protect its programs from major spending cuts and to keep them from sliding backwards. All state agencies face possible budget cuts of 30%.
The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Communities Committee is taking public testimony on the proposed increases this morning. Standard fees for hunting and fishing haven’t been increased since 2004.
ODFW is also asking for increases in several commercial fishing fees.
For more information see ODFW’s website:
ODFW 2009-2011 Budget Includes Proposed Fee Increase
Looks like some more greed going on.You have been cutting back the commercial fishing season.And now wanting to raise the fee’s for license.Why don’t you cut back your work hours.Get less pay.So you can’t pay your mortgage bill.So you can loose your home.That sounds like a great plan to me.
Another HIKE in License’s?? This is outrageous especially when you consider the dwindling fish runs and lakes and streams that haven’t been stocked on a regular basis, When is the last time the Sandy river was stocked or the Upper Clackamas river ? And why are many of our access areas to the rivers being fenced off? It’s less access and Less fish and for this we are suppose to pay MORE???? I say we have a protest rally on the door step of the ODFW!! and say to hell with your hike in fees!
yes I agree with you the fees are outrageouse hell the hunting fees for the sportman pac went from 130.00 to 164.75 time to quit hunting plus when I was hunting last yr in dutch mountain there was a helicopter up there around our camp ground. stupid….
I’m on Oregon resident of 40 years now and have hunted and fished here for 30 of that.. till now.
No longer will I support a rouge agency that has steadily increased the fees for me to hunt, while allowing the population of Bears, Cougars and now Wolves to go virtually unchecked.. they eat for free and I pay for it?.. no longer.
In an economy like today’s the folks at the ODFW can only think about themselves, they have steadily made hunting into more of a chore than an enjoyable outdoor experience, nice work.
My dollars will stay in my pocket, I hope other Oregonians join me in saying I will no longer support the ODFW.
I’m an Oregon native and I think this is the last straw. I’ve hunted here for over 30 years and seen more and more restrictions, access reduced dramatically, higher and higher fees. We are a party of 2-6 hunters and normally put in for deer, elk, pronghorn, cougar, and sometimes bear. At Least this year we plan to be boycotting Oregon to send a message of over $1,000.00 of lost revenue just from us.
They have failed us on many levels, the low fawn and calf survival rates due to unchecked predation by coyotes, cougar and bear could be easily cured by allowing those that want to use dogs do so. 4 areas that we used to camp for years are now closed off even though they are located along main gravel roads (due to travel restrictions) We do not road hunt but it sure makes it a pain for game recovery, and you always have it in mind how many miles you are away form the closest open road.
I think Oregon may be in for a surprise at how many people will not be hunting or fishing this year.