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Deer tag up for auction By MARK FREEMAN One of the most coveted deer tags in Oregon goes on sale Saturday, and whoever bids the highest will get a free-ranging hunt in Oregon's best deer haunts next fall. The statewide deer tag sponsored by Oregon's Access and Habitat Program will go up for auction Saturday at a banquet of the Central Coast Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation in San Jose, Calif. Bidding on the Oregon tag will begin at 9:30 p.m. Bidding will be open to audience members and by phone. The auction tag will award the winning bidder an extended season of Sept. 1 through Nov. 30 to take one deer in any of Oregon's 67 wildlife units. Any legal weapon may be used during the hunt. The successful bidder also will be eligible to harvest a deer through Oregon's regular controlled-hunt and general season tag processes. The tag is offered by the Oregon Access and Habitat Program on behalf of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Proceeds will be used by the statewide Access and Habitat Board to fund projects that improve wildlife habitat and increase public hunting access throughout Oregon. The board was created by the 1993 Legislature and is funded through the sale of special tags as well as a $2 surcharge included in Oregon hunting and fishing licenses. For more information and to arrange bidding by phone, call Pamela Atwood at 408-395-0122. GRANTS PASS -- The Middle Rogue Steelhead chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking donations for auction during its fall chinook salmon derby fund-raiser scheduled for Sept. 10-11 in Grants Pass. The fourth annual derby is the only fund-raiser that the Trout Unlimited chapter holds each year. It includes a dinner-auction on Sept. 10, followed by a day of fall chinook fishing on the middle Rogue River on the 11th, plus a dinner. Club members are beginning to canvass businesses for donations. Anyone interested in entering the derby, sponsoring a boat or making a donation for the auction can call Tom Gibson at 479-7968 or Keith Blodgett at 474-1442. YREKA, Calif. -- The Klamath Fishery Management Council will meet April 5 in Sacramento to develop final recommendations on how many Klamath fall chinook salmon should be caught this year. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Red Lion's Sacramento Inn. The council makes recommendations to the Pacific Fishery Management Council and other agencies on the harvest of Klamath fall chinook salmon. For more information on the meeting, telephone Jennifer Silveira at the Yreka office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her telephone number is 530-842-5763. The chief of Ducks Unlimited will retire this spring after 12 years heading the world's largest wetlands and waterfowl conservation group. Matthew B. Connolly Jr. last week announced that he will retire as executive vice president, but he will remain with the organization until a replacement can be hired. Since Connolly took over the helm of DU in 1987, the organization has charted unprecedented growth from 544,000 members to nearly 700,000 members world-wide, making it one of the world's largest conservation organizations. DU was founded in 1937, and in its 62 years the group's various chapters have raised nearly $1.3 billion to help waterfowl and their habitat. Of that, nearly $900 million was raised during Connolly's tenure. DU's financial successes under Connolly led to Money Magazine ranking DU one of America's most successful charitable organizations. Outdoor Journal main page Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA