In carrying out the salmon and trout enhancement program, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall:

1. (1) Provide appropriate State Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel to act as community advisors to cooperatively develop enhancement projects with citizen volunteers and to cooperatively evaluate enhancement projects with the citizens responsible for project implementation.
2. (2) Provide technical assistance to citizens responsible for implementation of enhancement projects.
3. (3) Coordinate the implementation of enhancement projects with the activities of department staff and other agencies.
4. (4) Provide educational and informational materials to promote public awareness and involvement in the salmon and trout enhancement program.
5. (5) Supervise the activities of citizens developing local brood stock for enhancement projects.
6. (6) Grant funds to citizens for the implementation of approved enhancement projects from such moneys as may be available to the commission therefor.
7. (7) Develop and implement a remote hatchbox program as described in ORS 496.458.

8. (8) Report annually to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to wildlife, in the manner prescribed in ORS 192.245, on the progress of:

   1. (a) The salmon and trout enhancement program described in ORS 496.440.
   2. (b) Any fall Chinook salmon incubation nursery program described in section 1, chapter 286, Oregon Laws 2025.

Note: The amendments to 496.445 by section 4, chapter 286, Oregon Laws 2025, become operative January 2, 2040. See section 5, chapter 286, Oregon Laws 2025. The text that is operative on and after January 2, 2040, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

[1981 c.317 §5; 1999 c.189 §2; 2025 c.286 §3]