The Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Newport Fisherman’s Wives and Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission are teaming up to offer Fisheries Day December 28 from 10 am – 4 pm.

A  day of activities at the Aquarium will offer information about the Oregon Dungeness crab fishery, which has just started its season.

Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division troopers are asking for the public's help to identify the person or people responsible for the illegal killing of a 5-point Bull Elk in the Upper North Fork area near Florence, Ore.

The elk appeared to have been shot and wounded within the last couple of months. 

A reward of up $500 is now being offered with contributions coming from the Oregon Hunters Association (OHA.)

According to Trooper Joshua Wetzel, on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at approximately 10:30 a.m. OSP received a report of an elk that had been shot on the Upper North Fork RD around milepost 4, which is near the town of Florence. 

Responding troopers found a 50point elk that was extremely emaciated and appeared to have been shot in the gut. 

Troopers were forced to dispatch the elk which appeared to have been shot sometime within the last two months.

Due to the deteriorated condition of the elk, none of the meat was salvageable.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Turn-In-Poacher tip line at 800-452-7888 or the OSP Florence office at (541) 997-9635 ext. 23.

A bear pawed at the windows and doors of a home near Veneta in December 2009, eventually breaking into the house. Wildlife officials later trapped and killed the animal.

With the arrival of fall, wildlife biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife are reminding Oregonians that this time of year bears are on the move and conflicts between these animals and humans can occur. Biologists say that by following a few simple steps people can minimize the possibility of conflicts with bears.