Oregon Administrative Code

635-100-0138 Survival Guidelines for Southern Resident Orcas (1) ORS 496.182 (Protection and conservation programs) subsection (2) states that the Commission shall, at the time a species is added to the list of threatened or endangered species, adopt by rule guidelines that the C…

635-100-0140 Endangered Species Management Plans for State Land Owning or Managing Agencies (1) Within four months of its decision to list a species as endangered, the commission shall determine if state land can play a role in the conservation of the species. In making this dete…

635-100-0150 Endangered Species Requirements for Agencies Other than State Land Owning or Managing Agencies (1) In consultation and cooperation with agencies other than state land owning or managing agencies, the commission shall determine whether those agencies can serve a role …

635-100-0160 Classification of Agencies (1) For purposes of OAR 635-100-0140 (Endangered Species Management Plans for State Land Owning or Managing Agencies), the following agencies (or programs within identified agencies) shall be considered a “state land owning or managing agen…

635-100-0170 Threatened and Endangered Species Incidental Take Permits (1) Except as provided in this rule, the department may issue a permit to any person for the incidental take of a state-listed threatened or endangered species if it determines that such take will not adversel…

635-100-0180 Western Snowy Plover The Western Snowy Plover Conservation Program, adopted under OAR 635-105-0000 to 635-105-0040, and the site specific management plans developed pursuant to that plan, shall serve as the survival guidelines for the Western Snowy Plover, Charadrius…

635-100-0190 Lower Columbia River Coho Fishery Management (1) The mortality rate limit for wild coho salmon caught in Columbia River fisheries shall be set annually prior to the time these fisheries open. This limit shall not exceed the level specified in Table 1 of this rule cor…

635-100-0191 Lower Columbia River Coho Hatchery Programs (1) Conservation Hatchery Programs: ODFW shall take advantage of existing and new hatchery facilities to supply hatchery fish for selected projects to help restore natural production of wild coho. These projects will be tre…

635-100-0192 Lower Columbia River Coho Land Management (1) All ODFW operated hatcheries and wildlife management areas shall comply with the survival guidelines for lower Columbia River coho as described in OAR 635-100-0135, including the fish passage and fish screening provisions…

635-100-0193 Lower Columbia River Coho Monitoring (1) De-listing decisions and the operation of fishery and hatchery programs requires monitoring and evaluation sufficient to measure risks and describe outcomes. ODFW shall implement such a monitoring program as sufficient funds b…

635-100-0194 Lower Columbia River Coho De-listing Criteria (1) This rule describes the measurable criteria that define the minimum conservation goal for wild lower Columbia River coho. Upon meeting these criteria, ODFW shall be biologically justified to propose that species be re…

635-105-0000 Definitions As used in the Western Snowy Plover Conservation Program1: (1) “Western Snowy Plover” means the subspecies Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus. (2) “Conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring a species to the point at which the m…

635-105-0010 Purpose The Western Snowy Plover Conservation Program provides overall direction for the protection and conservation of the western snowy plover in Oregon. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496…

635-105-0020 Program Objectives The objectives of the Western Snowy Plover Conservation Program are to: (1) Summarize biological information about the western snowy plover over its range and in Oregon with which to determine research needs and propose management actions; (2) Prop…

635-105-0030 Program Implementation (1) The Department will prepare a series of individual site-specific management plans in cooperation with land management agencies to address immediate survival needs and longer term sustained recovery of the western snowy plover. (2) Pursuant …

635-105-0040 Program Review The Commission shall periodically review the Western Snowy Plover Conservation Program and, if necessary, update the objectives and management strategies of the Program. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other …

635-110-0000 Wolf Conservation and Management Plan (1) The document entitled "Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan" (Plan) dated June 2019 is incorporated here by reference as administrative rule. (This incorporation by reference includes the body of the Plan plus its App…

635-110-0005 Definitions (1) “Depredation” means an incident or event that results in the confirmed injury or death of lawfully present livestock or working dogs on federal, state, tribal, or other public lands, or private lands, by one or more wolves. (2)“Identified circumstance…

635-110-0010 Harassment and Take of Wolves during Phase I (Conservation) NOTE: As of June 7, 2019, the portions of these rules regarding harassment and take of wolves are pre-empted in a portion of Oregon by the endangered status of the gray wolf under the federal Endangered Spec…

635-110-0020 Harassment and Take of Wolves During Phase II NOTE: As of June 7, 2019, the portions of these rules regarding harassment and take of wolves are pre-empted in a portion of Oregon by the endangered status of the gray wolf under the federal Endangered Species Act. In th…

635-110-0030 Harassment and Take of Wolves During Phase III (Management) NOTE: As of June 7, 2019, the portions of these rules regarding harassment and take of wolves are pre-empted in a portion of Oregon by the endangered status of the gray wolf under the federal Endangered Spec…

635-120-0001 Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mountain Goat Management Plan Content and Purpose The document entitled "Oregon’s Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mountain Goat Management Plan" dated December 2003 is incorporated by reference into these rules. Copies of the Plan are available throug…

635-120-0005 Program Objectives Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 497.112 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 497.112 History: DFW 14-2004, f. & cert. ef. 3-5-0…

635-120-0010 Plan Implementation Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496 History: DFW 14-2004, f. & cert. ef. 3-5-04 FWC 74-1986, f. & ef. 11-20-86

635-120-0015 Authority of the Director Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496 History: DFW 14-2004, f. & cert. ef. 3-5-04 FWC 74-1986, f. & ef. 11-20-86

635-130-0000 Migratory Game Bird Management Plan Content and Purpose The Commission adopted the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan on October 20, 1993. This document provides program direction to the Department and identifies objectives and strategies to fulfill management, rese…

635-130-0010 Program Mission It is the mission of the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan to conserve, enhance, and restore populations and habitats of native migratory game birds and associated species at prescribed levels (as determined by national, state, and Pacific Flyway pl…

635-130-0020 Program Policies In order to implement the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan, the Director is authorized to enter into agreements with governmental and private entities for the purposes of fulfilling the mission and policies of this plan. It is the policy of the Co…

635-130-0030 Plan Strategies Strategies to develop and implement the Oregon Migratory Game Bird Management Plan and Program include but are not limited to the following actions: (1) Integrate state, federal, and local programs to coordinate biological surveys, research, and habit…

635-130-0040 Plan Implementation Actions to implement the Migratory Game Bird Management Plan and Program include but are not limited to the following: (1) Establish a Migratory Game Bird Committee. (2) Develop a Research Needs Program. (3) Review management practices on state wi…

635-130-0050 Five-Year Review The Migratory Game Bird Management Plan will be updated and reviewed by the Commission every five years beginning in 1998. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & …

635-135-0001 Oregon Wild Turkey Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The 2018 Oregon Wild Turkey Management Plan establishes state policy and direction for Oregon’s wild turkey management program. The 2018 Plan replaces previous plans. Section IV: Management Guidelines and App…

635-140-0000 Purpose These administrative rules establish the policy of the Commission for the protection and enhancement of Greater Sage-Grouse in Oregon. The "Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon" (2025) (“the Strategy”) [sets population and habit…

635-140-0002 Definitions For the purposes of OAR 635-140-0000: Technical terms used in these sections are further defined in the glossary of the “Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon” (2025). (1) “Areas of High Population Richness” are mapped areas …

635-140-0005 Population Management In accordance with the Wildlife Policy (ORS 496.012), the Department’s primary population management goal is to restore, maintain and enhance populations of greater sage-grouse such that multiple uses of populations and their habitats can contin…

635-140-0010 Habitat Management (1) Goals: The Department’s habitat goals are to achieve the following, recognizing that such achievement is dependent upon authorities, programs, collaborative partnerships, and other factors beyond those within the Department’s authority alone: (…

635-140-0015 Core Area Approach to Conservation The purpose of establishing the Department’s core area approach is to address greater sage-grouse management from a conservation biology perspective that identifies the most productive populations and habitats associated with meetin…

635-140-0025 Mitigation Hierarchy of Impacts in Sage-grouse Core, Low Density, and General Habitats Adverse impacts in sage-grouse core, low density, and general habitat from development actions must be mitigated by the developer for both direct and indirect adverse impacts to sa…

635-160-0000 Elk Management Plan Content and Purpose The document entitled "Oregon Elk Management Plan" dated February 2003 is incorporated by reference into these rules. Copies of the plan are available through the Department. The plan provides program direction, identifies obje…

635-160-0010 Plan Objectives for Elk Management The tables entitled “2016 Rocky Mt Elk Winter Population and Bull Ratio Management Objectives (MO)” and “2016 Roosevelt Elk Winter Population and Bull Ratio Management Objectives (MO)” are incorporated by reference as part of the Or…

635-160-0020 Plan Implementation Text available via filing PDF that is stored in ORMS Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 496.164 History: DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14…

635-170-0000 Black Bear Management Plan (1) The goal of black bear management is to manage black bear populations to attain the optimum balance among species protection, recreational uses, habitat availability, primary land uses, and other wildlife species. (2) Objectives to acco…

635-170-0001 Black Bear Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The Commission adopted the Black Bear Management Plan on July 17, 1987, and adopted the first revisions to the Plan on March 17, 1993. Copies of the Plan are available through the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildli…

635-170-0005 Program Objectives The objectives of the Black Bear Management Plan are: (1) Recognize the black bear as an important part of Oregon’s fauna, valued by many Oregonians. (2) Maintain healthy black bear populations within the state into the future. (3) Conduct a manage…

635-170-0010 Plan Implementation Implementation of the Black Bear Management Plan entails the following actions: (1) Obtain an annual return of teeth of 30 percent or more (averaged over two consecutive years) of the general season harvested black bear. A mandatory hunter check r…

635-180-0001 Cougar Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The 2017 Oregon Cougar Management Plan establishes state policy and direction for Oregon’s cougar management program. The 2017 Plan replaces previous plans. Chapters III (Cougar Management Objectives), IV (Adaptive Manag…

635-190-0000 Mule Deer Management Plan Content and Purpose (1) The goal for mule deer management in Oregon is to manage mule deer using the best practices and information within the dynamics of changing landscapes and multiple land use practices to enhance recreational opportunit…

635-190-0010 Plan Objectives for Mule Deer Management The revised “2024 Mule Deer Population Management Objectives” (2026) and the revised “2024 Buck Ratio Management Objectives” (2026) function as a replacement to Table 1, “2024 Mule Deer Population Management Objectives” and Ta…

635-190-0020 Plan Implementation Reserve rule number Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183 & 496 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 183 & 496 History: DFW 71-2024, amend filed 08/23/2024, effective 08/23/2024 DFW 13-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-03 FWC 129-1990, f. & cert. ef. 12-24-90…

635-195-0000 Black-tailed Deer Management Plan (1) The goal of black-tailed deer management is to manage black-tailed deer populations in Oregon to be consistent with both the available habitat of all lands of the state and the Oregon Conservation Strategy, compatible with primar…