PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR FEBRUARY
Well we are officially in the full swing for 2011. Your board and officers are hard at work making sure we have plenty of activities and speakers for the year. The following is our lineup for speakers so far:
FEBRUARY 15, 2011.
Jeff Mornarich, to discuss planning affordable do it yourself hunts out of state and in the back country. He will also give a demonstration in the canning and preservation of your game.
MARCH 15, 2011.
Joe Mitchell from On Foot Films and Ty Stubblefield from Born in the Outdoors will be available to give a presentation on filming hunts and the great outdoors.
APRIL 19, 2011.
*To Be Announced
MAY 17, 2011.
Tod Lum will be speaking about upcoming hunting regulation changes.
JUNE 21, 2011.
Kelly Forney to discuss some of the new technology available to hunters and their use.
JULY
Chapter Picnic at Roseburg Rod N Gun Club, the date will be announced later.
*REMEMBER – At every chapter meeting there will be a drawing for a meeting gun. You must be present to win. Starting in January we will draw for a winner to a Stevens .17hmr bolt action rifle black with synthetic stock and blued barrel with a detachable magazine.
The chapter banquet/fundraiser committee is working hard on this year’s banquet and they really hope that after not having a banquet/fundraiser last year this one will be an awesome event. Enclosed with this newsletter is the registration form. Make sure to remember to order Early Bird Raffle tickets prior to March 16, 2011.
The chapter will participate in National Love Your Public Lands Day this year by cleaning up a local forest road and camping areas. The date for this event is September 24, 2011. The board will work with the Forest Service to decide on an area that needs attention and we will announce that later in the year. Last year the chapter cleaned the first 15 miles of Steamboat Creek Road. It was a great event.
Chapter officer elections are scheduled for the chapter member meeting in April. If you are interested in becoming a chapter officer please contact one of the current officers. If you wish to make nominations, please contact a board member or officer prior to April 19, 2011.
This month the chapter will be hosting a booth at the Sportsman’s Show this is a great opportunity for everyone to learn more about the OHA and projects that we are currently working. We will have information their regarding the banquet, the Forest Service’s proposed Motorized Vehicle Use Map and many other issues that hunters in Oregon are facing. If you would like to volunteer to work at this year’s show, please contact Tadd Moore at 541-430-6353.
We are really looking forward to another active and fun year. We hope to see many of you out at these events and would like to encourage you to participate.
Thank you for all of your support.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Cindy Rooney
President
TRAVEL MANAGEMENT UPDATE
Recent new developments have occurred with the US Forest Service’s Travel Management Plan. At a recent meeting with Cliff Dils of the Forest Service, OHA representatives were notified that the Forest Service will not be making a final decision on the previous plan that was being considered for finalization in 2010.
However, the Forest Services is moving forward with a new Motorized Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) that will change all ML1 roads to motorized trails. These trails will be open to those motorized vehicles that are 50 inches or less in size. A new map will be issued in early April with the new changes to the ML1 road status and also to the overland travel and camping restrictions.
OHA will be continuing to do road truthing as we have been told by the Forest Service that the information that we gather will be considered in the development of new maps. We are in need of additional volunteers to help with this process. If you are interested in volunteering for this extremely important project please contact a board member regarding training and the possibility of fuel reimbursement.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Tadd Moore
JUNIOR ESSAY CONTEST
Are you a junior hunter that has a story that is just begging to be told? Did you get your first Deer or Elk this year? Did you get a monster buck or bull? Or do you just have a hunting story that everyone needs to hear? If you answered yes to any of these questions we want your story! The Umpqua Chapter is holding its first ever Essay Photo contest for our 17 and younger members. All you have to do is tell your favorite hunting story and submit to us along with a photo if one is available for your chance at a Leupold Scope with the OHA logo on it. This would be a great addition to any rifle that you may be shooting.
All submissions must be received no later than June 30, 2011. The board will review all entries and a winner will be chosen, please be sure and have your name, age, the name of your parent or guardian and a phone number where you can be reached. We will be publishing as many of the articles as we can in the monthly newsletter.
Please submit your story along with a photo (if you have one) to:
OHA Umpqua Chapter
PO Box 871
Winchester, OR 97495
Respectfully Submitted by:
Lindi Moore
UMPQUA CHAPTER STARTS YEAR OFF WITH UPDATE ON STATEWIDE ISSUES
It is January and that means that general membership meetings have once again begun for the Umpqua Chapter. As you saw in the January newsletter there is a wide range of topics that will covered over the coming months at the general membership meetings and we hope that you will be able to join us.
On January 18th 30 OHA Umpqua chapter members gathered at the ODFW offices on Diamond Lake Boulevard to hear an OHA status update from OHA President Fred Craig and Southwest Director Bob Loper. Both Fred and Bob gave updates about a variety of on-going issues around the state, such as a possible nutrition study to be done on Elk populations, Wolf management issues and the concerns of state versus federal control, affects of Bear populations on the deer and an update on several new Senate Bills.
It was a great presentation with a lot of information. Thank you to both Fred and Bob for taking time out of their very busy schedules to come and speak with us and helping to keep us informed.
UNLUCKY WINNER- We unfortunately did not start the year off the way we would have liked. As in years past we have a great riffle up for grabs but you must be in attendance at the meeting to win. Sorry Spencer Sulfridge you could have been the lucky recipient. Better Luck next time!
Respectfully Submitted by:
Lindi Moore
2011 SPORTSMAN SHOW
This is a reminder that the 2011 Sportsman Show will be held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on February 18, 19 and 20th. The Chapter will be raffling off a Savage Cub .22 with a thumbhole stock, we will also be selling tickets for the Les Schwab rifle.
The lucky winner of the Savage Cub will be drawn at closing of the Sportsman Show on the 20th and the winner for the Les Schwab rifle will be drawn at our Fundraising Banquet on April 16th, as always you need not be present to win so we hope that you stop by and see us at our booth at the Sportsman Show and we hope to see you all at the 2011 Banquet that will be held at Seven Feathers Casino Resort!
We are also asking that anyone that has pictures for us to use at the banquet to please get those to us as soon as possible. Remember we want your great hunting, fishing or any outdoor activity. You can either get them to us at the next general membership meeting or bring them in and drop them off at the Sportsman Show booth!
Respectfully Submitted by:
Lindi Moore