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The 25 OHA Chapters are the means by which we meet our mission, "To provide an abundant huntable wildlife resource in Oregon for present and future generations, enhancement of wildlife habitat and protection of hunter's rights." This web page is dedicated to the OHA Chapter News - the regularly scheduled chapter events and Chapter Projects - how the chapters spend their fund raiser money. The money chapters raise here, stays here!
 
 

Chapter News

Chapter News
Volunteers from the Josephine County Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association clear brush from a meadow on Butcherknife Creek
during a January project.

 


 

Click on Individual Chapter Names for that Chapter's News
Also check out our Events or Fund Raisers pages.


Baker Bend Capital Emerald Valley Grant County
Harney County Hoodview Josephine County Klamath Lake County
Lincoln County Columbia County Clatsop County Mid-Columbia Mid-Willamette
Ochoco Portland Pioneer Redmond Rogue Valley
Tillamook Tioga Umpqua Yamhill Union
Columbia Basin        

Chapter Projects


BAKER

Charlie Brinton - (541) 523-6626 

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Best Western Sun Ridge Inn; optional dinner 6 p.m.

2009 Banquet: Held April 4th.

Update: Congratulations to Kori Rayborn - Baker Chapter's 3rd annual Scholarship Award winner. Thanks to all who supported and attended our banquet.  It was our best turnout and our best gross. 



BEND

Richard Nelson - (541) 382-8520

 

Email: Bendchapter_oha@yahoo.com

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., King Buffet.

2009 Banquet: Held Feb. 14th.

Update: N/A



CAPITOL

Dale Ballard - (503) 829-8649

Web: http://www.geocities.com/oregonhunters/Capitol_Chapter.html

Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m., Spinnaker Pointe, 2250 McGilchrist St. SE

2009 Banquet: Held March 14.

Update: The Westside Project takes place May 2; call (503) 363-6329.  Our Youth Outdoor Day is May 30; call (503) 581-0320. June 13-14 is the Aspen Project; call (503) 399-1234. The Paulina Project is June 20-21; call (503) 910-7410.  Call (541) 996-9984 for the Youth Shotgun Skills Clinic on July 11 and the Sporting Clays Fun Shoot on July 12.



CLATSOP COUNTY  

Wendell Locke - (503) 359-3535

Web: www.clatsopcountyoha.com

Chapter Meetings: changed to 2nd Wednesday, every other month, 6:30 p.m., Golden Luck Restaurant, 159 W. Bond in Astoria. Next meeting is May 13.

2009 Banquet: Held Mar. 21.

Update: Members worked April 18 removing litter from heavily hunted areas on Weyerhaeuser property. Our chapter will host the OHA State Convention on May 16 at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde. Call (541) 772-7313 for information.



COLUMBIA BASIN CHAPTER

 

Jim Jerome - (541) 276-6013

Email: email: jimjerome@eotnet.net

2009 banquet: Held Mar. 14.

Update: Our first banquet at the Red Lion in Pendleton was a great success. OHA staff and several state board members attended. The banquet netted seed money for local projects.



COLUMBIA COUNTY CHAPTER

 

Lee Hays - (503) 543-6286

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7 p.m., dinner 6 p.m., Warren Country Inn, 56575 Columbia River Hwy.

2009 banquet: Held Feb. 28, Columbia County Fairgrounds.

Update: Our chapter will purchase audio equipment for two local OSP Fish & Wildlife troopers, and pay for a shoulder mount of an illegally killed 6x6 bull elk for the 2010 OSP Fish & Wildlife TIP trailer.



EMERALD VALLEY  

C.B. Koch - (541) 485-3333 

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., the Union Hall, 1116 South A St., Springfield. Board Meetings: 7 p.m. Monday preceding the general membership meeting, Union Hall.

2009 banquet: Held March 7.

Update: Our chapter volunteers worked on the North Shore project in March.



GRANT COUNTY  

Carl Heckman - (541) 575-0660

Web: http://geocities.com/oregonhunters/grant_county.html

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. potluck dinner at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall, meeting at 6:30.

2009 banquet: Held March 7.

Update: N/A



HARNEY COUNTY

 

Aaron Richardson - (541) 573-6957

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 6 p.m., Linda’s Thai Room in Elkhorn Club, 457 N. Broadway Ave., Burns. Board of Directors meeting will be held after regular meeting.

2009 banquet: Cancelled

Update: Our chapter teamed up with the Burns Elks Lodge to hold a dinner March 21 and raffle the Les Schwab rifle.



HOODVIEW  

Catherine Hamell - (503) 834-2351

Web: http://ohahoodview.org

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7 p.m., 6 p.m. optional social hour/dinner, Pizza Baron on 122nd St.

2009 banquet: Held Feb. 28.

Update: The Hoodview Chapter Summer Habitat Project will take place June 13-14 at White River WMA. Our Youth Day will be held at Douglas Ridge Rifle Club in Eagle Creek July 25. Call (503) 658-7403.



JOSEPHINE COUNTY  

Brett Loper - (541) 660-5861

Chapter Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., J.J. North’s Grand Buffet, Grants Pass.

2009 banquet: Held March 7.

Update: Our chapter campout is slated for July 24-26 at Grizzly Campground, Howard Prairie Reservoir.



KLAMATH  

Jared Nanneman - (541) 273-6208

Web: www.klamathoha.org

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m., Shasta View Community Hall (grange), corner of Shasta Way and Madison.

2009 banquet: April 25, Klamath County Fairgrounds. Call (541) 273-7461.

Update: The Hart Mountain Project takes place May 9. We’ll have a guzzler campout May 30-31; call (541) 273-7461. The Hidden Valley cleanup will be June 27-28.



LAKE COUNTY CHAPTER  

Gerald Slay - (541) 947-4005


Chapter Meetings: 1st Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Eagle’s Lodge, Lakeview.

2009 banquet: Held April 18.

Update: The Hart Mt. project date is May 9. Our guzzler campout will be near the end of May at Big Juniper Mt.



LINCOLN COUNTY

 

George Sinscal - (541) 992-4476


Chapter Meetings: changed to the 2nd Thursday, new time is 6:30 p.m. meeting, 5:30 p.m. optional dinner at the Spouting Horn Restaurant (upstairs), 110 SE Hwy 101, Depoe Bay.

2009 banquet: Held April 4.

Update: We collect canned food at chapter meetings for the Food Pantry.



MID-COLUMBIA

 

Tony Lindsey - (541) 993-0059

Email:  MidColumbiaOHA@yahoo.com


Next Quarterly Chapter Meeting: May 20, 7 p.m., ODFW Screen Shop, The Dalles; Board Meeting 6 p.m.

2009 banquet: Held Feb. 7, St. Peter’s Parrish Center, The Dalles.

Update: We put on a Youth Turkey Clinic April 4 for about 80 eager youngsters.



MID-WILLAMETTE

 

Michael Brown - (541) 259-3394


Chapter Meetings: Now held monthly, 2nd Tuesday, the Old Armory, Albany

2009 banquet: Sept. 12, Lebanon Elks Club. Please plan to attend our chapter’s fall fund-raiser

Update: N/A



OCHOCO

 

Dale Conlee - (541) 447-6751


Chapter Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7 p.m., Prineville Fire Hall.

2009 banquet: Held Feb. 21.

Update: Our guzzler and aspen project is scheduled for June 20-22.

 



PIONEER  

Dan Allee - (503) 632-6756

Web: www.OHA-Pioneer.org

Chapter Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7 p.m., Canby Pub & Grill, 211 Grant St.

2009 banquet: Held March 7.

Update: The chapter will host Youth Day on May 2 at Canby Rod & Gun Club. Our Summer Project and Campout at Millican will take place June 13-14.



PORTLAND  

Leslie Shaw - (503) 259-9821


Chapter Meetings: 3rd Thursday, Elks Lodge, Forest Grove. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7:30.

2009 banquet: Held March 14.

Update: The chapter will host Youth Day on May 2 at Canby Rod & Gun Club. Our Summer Project and Campout at Millican will take place June 13-14.



REDMOND  

Ryan Dickson - (541) 383-1099

Web: www.redmondoha.com

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, VFW Hall. Burgers start at 5:30, meeting at 7.

2009 banquet: Held Feb. 21.

Update: The chapter will host Youth Day on May 2 at Canby Rod & Gun Club. Our Summer Project and Campout at Millican will take place June 13-14.



ROGUE VALLEY

 

Ron Sherva - (541) 878-2986

www.geocities.com/oregonhunters/roguevalley.html

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7 p.m., Medford Elks Lodge, 6 p.m. social, 6:30 optional dinner.

2009 banquet: Held Jan. 31.

Update: Young Oregon Hunters Day is May 30 at Denman Wildlife Area, and it’s free for kids 15 and under. Call (541) 826-1403. Members thinned small fir trees to help the oaks flourish on Elk Creek in March.



TILLAMOOK

 

Mark Davenport - (541) 842-6630

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7 p.m., Tillamook PUD.

2009 banquet: May 2, Tillamook Fairgrounds. Call (503) 801-3779.

Update: N/A



TIOGA  

Ken Bastendorff - (541) 404-4453

Chapter meeting: 4th Wednesday, 6 p.m. no host dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Autumn House Restaurant, North Bend.

2009 banquet: Held Apr. 4.

Update: May 9 is our Youth Field Day at Myrtle Point Gun Club; call
(541) 267-2577.



UMPQUA  

Cindy Rooney - (541) 430-4722

Web: www.umpquaoha.org

Chapter Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., Roseburg ODFW office. Board Meetings: Monthly, 2nd Tuesday, at ODFW meeting room.

2009 banquet: May 16, Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort in Canyonville.

Update: We will auction the A&H antelope tag at our banquet! Members staffed a booth at the Douglas County Sportsman’s Show and gathered for roadside cleanup in February.

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UNION COUNTY /WALLOWA COUNTY

 

David Huffman - (541) 910-1270

Chapter Meetings: TBA

Update: A couple of projects at Ladd Marsh are being discussed.

 



YAMHILL COUNTY  

John Gander - (503) 474-3661

Chapter Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting at American Legion Hall, 126 NE Atlantic, McMinnville.

2009 banquet: Held March 28.

Update: N/A



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