Coquille finally get hunting rights
Coquille Indian Tribe members have their first subsistence hunting opportunities in five southwest Oregon counties under a new state agreement.
Author: Tim Novotny
Fishing Derby, September 2022
The big ones are still out there
More than 1,500 predatory bass were removed from the Coquille River during Labor Day Weekend. But two elusive fish worth $1,000 are still waiting to be caught.
The Coos Bay World, Sept. 12, 2022
Casting for cash
The Coquille Indian Tribe donated $1,000 to lure participants for a smallmouth bass derby. It’s part of an effort to reduce invasive predators that gobble baby salmon.
Emergency hatchery
State OKs emergency Coquille Chinook hatchery
ODFW and the Coquille Indian Tribe will cooperatively implement an emergency fall Chinook hatchery program for the Coquille River to boost natural production of this severely depressed stock of fish while other steps are taken to reverse its decline. (ODFW press release)
Northwest Sportsman, Aug. 7, 2022
Conservation funding
Senate bill funds salmon conservation
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have secured funding for the 2023 Senate Appropriations bills for essential community projects.
Pending a agreement with the House, the bill would provide $750,000 for Coquille River salmon conservation.
Electrofishing boat
Electrified boat will target salmon predators
A grant-funded electrofishing boat will help combat invasive bass in the Coquille River.
Fishing derby
2022 Community Fund Grants
2022 Grant Awardees
The Coquille Tribal Community Fund distributed grants totaling $284,700 in 2022. With these grants, the community fund’s total distributions since 2001 total about $7.3 million.
- 1st Phoenix Community Center received $5,000.
- ACCESS received $5,000.
- Agness Illahe Rural Fire Protection District received $1,873.
- Alternative Youth Activities received $10,000.
- Alternatives To Violence (ATV) received $7,820.
- Bandon Historical Society Museum received $2,400.
- Bear Cupboard received $5,000.
- Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon received $5,000.
- Brookings Harbor Community Helpers Inc. received $5,000.
- Camp Millennium known as Camp M received $5,000.
- Camp Myrtlewood received $20,000.
- Centro Latino Americano received $5,000.
- Charleston Fishing Families received $4,000.
- Charleston RFPD received $3,000.
- Christian Help of Gold Beach Inc. received $5,000.
- Community Presbyterian Church Warming Center received $2,000.
- Community Supported Shelters received $7,400.
- Conference of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Myrtle Creek received $5,000.
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Oregon received $5,000.
- Coos Art Museum received $3,500.
- Coos Bay Area Zonta Service Foundation received $5,000.
- Coos Bay Coast League received $5,000.
- Coos Bay Downtown Association – Farmers Market received $3,500.
- Coos Bay Seventh-day Adventist Food Pantry received $5,000.
- Coos County ARES/RACES received $4,751.
- Coos Watershed Association received $5,000.
- Daisy C.H.A.I.N. (DC) received $5,000.
- Dolphin Players Inc. received $2,500.
- Elakha Alliance received $3,000.
- Family Development Center received $4,000.
- Friends of Coos County Animals received $5,000.
- Habitat for Humanity of Central Lane received $5,000.
- Habitat for Humanity/Rogue Valley received $5,000.
- Harmony United Methodist Church received $5,000.
- Junction City Local Aid received $5,000.
- Knights of Columbus Council 1261 North Bend received $3,500.
- La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc (dba La Clinica) received $5,000.
- Lakeside Senior Center Inc.’s Project Lakeside Feed the Need received $5,000.
- Little Theatre on the Bay received $5,000.
- Mapleton Food Share received $5,000.
- Mid Lane Cares received $5,000.
- North Bend Fire Department received $2,000.
- Oregon Coast Artisan Trade Education Collective received $5,000.
- Oregon Coast Community Action (ORCCA) received $5,000.
- Power On With Limb Loss received $3,000.
- Project Youth Plus (previously College Dreams) received $5,000.
- Siuslaw Outreach Services Inc received $2,500.
- SMART Reading received $2,731.
- Southern Oregon Navigator received $5,000.
- Southwest Oregon Veterans Outreach Inc. (SOVO) received $5,000.
- Teresa McCormick Center received $5,000.
- The ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter received $2,500.
- The Common Good received $5,000.
- The Friendly Kitchen/Meals on Wheels Roseburg received $5,000.
- The Lighthouse School received $9,725.
- Triangle Food Box received $4,000.
- Waterfall Community Health Center received $5,000.
- Youth 71Five Ministries (71Five) received $5,000.
Compass Hotel
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere in Oregon!
The Coquille Tribe’s Compass by Margaritaville Hotel opened in Medford, Ore., in the summer of 2022. This story by KTVL describes the grand opening:
Island state of mind comes to Medford at the Compass by Margaritaville Hotel (KTVL)
Earlier, KOBI announced the hotel’s “soft” opening.
Margaritaville’s Compass Hotel is officially open (KOBI 5)
Co-management agreement
Tribal chair and ODFW director sign agreement (ODFW video)
Oregon tribe, state leaders enter historic agreement (Indian Country Today/Underscore News)
Historic partnership between Coquille Indian Tribe and ODFW (Roseburg News-Review)
Coquille Tribe co-manages fish and wildlife with state of Oregon (OPB)
Tribe signs landmark agreement with state (The Other Oregon)
Salmon release
Tiny fish make a hopeful start
The first batch of juvenile Chinook salmon from the Coquille Indian Tribe’s 2021 spawning project departed on June 15 to begin their life cycle. These “pre-smolts” came from eggs produced in a cooperative effort among the tribe, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and our community partners.
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