CRIME & SAFETY
Thousands of salmon dead after Douglas County hatchery burglarized
GARDINER, Ore. -- For almost a year, the volunteers with the Gardiner Reedsport Winchester Bay STEP program have worked to get their fall Chinook salmon ready to be released. However, a recent burglary at their facility resulted in an estimated 20,000 salmon being killed. STEP is entirely volunteer-run, with members...
Arrest made in Oregon bleach-poaching kill of nearly 18,000 Chinook salmon
REEDSPORT, Ore. -- Oregon law enforcement said today it has an arrest for vandalism that killed 18,000 salmon at a fish hatchery this week. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) said almost 18,000 young salmon died after a vandal poured bleach into the Douglas County fish hatchery tank on Monday.
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