Members

Executive Board of Directors

President: Tony Meeker (former State Treasurer and Oregon Legislator: served on Natural Resources Committee in both House & Senate, Ways & Means Committee in the Senate, Republican leader in the Senate from '83 to '87, served as State Treasurer '87 to'92)ODFW's 2008 External Budget Committeeand 2006 External Budget Committee,Member of Oregon Anglers' Ocean Team.

Secretary: John Holloway (Oregon Anglers' Ocean Team Co-Chair, State Chair of the Recreational fishing Alliance, ODFW'sOcean Sport Fishing Advisory Committee,Groundfish Advisory Panel member of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council,ODFW's Nearshore Advisory Committee,Tillamook County Sport Fishing Advisory Committee, Captain of the Oregon Anglers' Research Ship. Co-chair of Oregon Anglers' Ocean Team.

Vice President & Legislative Director: Fred VanNatta (Oregon AnglersLegislative Director), 2008 ExternalBudget Committee, 2007 Rules ReviewBoard, ODFW's 2006 External Budget Committee www.vannattapr.com

Treasurer & Executive Director: Dennis Richey Oregon Anglers' Salmon/trout co-chair,  Chair of theOregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Board,  Sport fishing rep. on the federal Pinniped Interaction Task Force, Member of the Columbia River Visioning Process, Upper Willamette Basin Plan Stakeholders Advisory, Governor's Coastal Coho Recovery Team, ODFW's Conservation Leaders Group, Ocean Sport Fishing Advisory Committee, ODFW's Statewide Wildlife Conservation StrategyStakeholders, Native Fish ConservationPolicy and Hatchery Management Plan Committee, 2005 Fishing Regulation Review Board, North Willamette Fishery Leaders Group

Board of Directors

Mike Harman (Past Pres. Intermountain West Joint Venture - Ducks Unlimited),dedicated fisherman

Janice Green (Oregon Anglers' Past Ocean  Co-Chair, ODFW's Ocean Sport Fishing Advisory Committee, Founder of Oregonians for Fish and Fishing, former State Chair for the Recreational Fishing Alliance, Former ODFW Restoration & Enhancement Board, past member-Pacific Fishery Management Council-Groundfish Advisory Panel, 2005 Fishing Regulation Review Board), IFISH Salty Dogs

Bruce Harpole  President, Oregon Fishing Club, Oregon Anglers' delegate to American Fisheries Society, alternate on the Upper Willamette Recovery Plan
www.ofc.org

Ron Mason member of the OceanSportfishing Advisory Committee, Oregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Board, One of Oregon Anglers' Ocean Team members.

Bob Thompson one of the state's most enthusiastic fishermen

Bill Sanderson (Guide & Past President of Salem Steelheaders, UpperWillamette Basin Plan StakeholdersAdvisory, Oregon Anglers' Watershed Council Representative) www.localfishermannews.com/n_santiam_report.htm

Cindy Heller (Salmon/ trout co-chair, ,Oregon Hatchery Research CenterAdvisory Board, Governor's Coastal CohoRecovery Team representing STEP, Native Fish Conservation Policy Committee, pastchair of the Salmon & Trout AdvisoryCommittee, 2005 Fishing RegulationReview Board, coordinates the STEP fish rearing facility at Letz Creek for the Northwest Steelheaders Emerald Chapter, Founder of Oregonians for Fish & Fishing,2004 ODFW/STEP volunteer of the year.)

Linda Buell Co-owner of Garibaldi Charters, Ocean Sport fishing Advisory Committee, Oregon Anglers Ocean team

Craig Noffsinger Mid-Willamette Valley Anglers), Oregon Anglers' publicity, dedicated fisherman

John Ward (Past-President of South Coast Steelheaders), dedicated fisherman.

Matt Davey (Columbia River stakeholders contact), alternate on theColumbia  River Visioning Process

Walter Chuck Ocean Co-Chair,Ocean Sport Fishing Advisory Committee, Ifish Moderator, Co-chair of Oregon Anglers' Ocean Team

DeanAnn Edwards (alias Fisherbabe) dedicated fisherwoman & former Oregon Anglers webmaster

Brian Ketsdever  Board of Directors Oregon Fishing Club

Expert Advisory Board

Dr. Don Amend PhD., Fisheries Biologist (retired),amenddf@willapabay.org

Bob Toman, Master guide and "Mr. Clackamas River", co-author of the Spring Chinook hooking mortality study.

Dick Noble,Eugene, MS. Fisheries, President of Salmon/Trout Advisory Service
RNoble4019@aol.com

Ray Kindley, former fisheries biologist, currently practicing law as an expert in the area of hydropower interaction with fisheries.

Daniel H. Varoujean, owner of Marzet Marine and Estuarine Research, an expert on pinniped predation.

Charlie E. Smith certified Pathologist and past President, Fish Health Section/American Fisheries Society

Tod Jones Astoria,Fisheries Project Director, Clatsop County Economic Development Commission,(implemented Alaska's first salmon egg planting project in Karluk, Alaska, that restored almost extirpated runs of Sockeye. Today, half a million Sockeye are harvested from this reintroduced run.)

Dr. Ernest Brannon, Ph. D. Fisheries - Moscow, Idaho, Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute & Professor of Fisheries Resources, University of Idaho, author of the 2002 final report, 'Population Structure of Columbia River Basin Chinook Salmon and Steelhead'

Paul Johnson, Engineer - Portland, Oregon, Former ODFW Chief Engineer for hatcheries

Scott LaPatra, Ph. D. Microbiology -Twin Falls, Idaho, Former ODFW fish virologist, American Fishery Society Certified Fish Pathologist

Dr. James Lannon,(RIP) Professor Emeritas, Oregon State U., (Dr. Lannon passed away. He was instrumental in helping Oregon Anglers get established, and guided us in our scientific quest for the truth. He was considered one of the top fisheries experts in the N.W.) Fisheries/ genetics instructor

Dee Burch, President, Advanced American Diving, (A.A. Diving installs many of the fish mitigation measures at the dams. He brings us knowledge of what has and is being done, and what could be improved in this area.)

Dr. Gary Reed, (Research entomologist and superintendent, Dept of Entomology, P.O. Box 105 Hermiston, OR 97838) Oregon State University

Dr. Ben Stout, (RIP) Master Degree on Forestry from Harvard, Ph.D. from Rutgers, former Dean of the School of Forestry at the U. of Montana. Ben served as the first chair on the Oregon Hatchery Research Center's Advisory Board, and was a great resource on issues regarding forest practices and fish. He passed away in 2007 and will be dearly missed.

Partnerships

* STEP stands for Salmon, Trout Enhancement Program our statewide volunteer hatchery program. ** This is the organization for the coastal charter boats.

Up to date regulations: 503-872-5263 or www.dfw.state.or.us

Report all game violations: 1-800-452-7888

For up to date fishing reports, check the following web site:

www.sportsmanspost.com