On Friday, September 18, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold its official business meeting in La Grande. Because leaders plan to vote on critical issues, these choices will rapidly alter wildlife management across the state. Consequently, Oregon sportsmen must track the ODFW Commission’s strategy closely.
Since this event features a hybrid format, you can attend in person at Eastern Oregon University. Alternatively, you can easily tune in online.
ODFW Meeting Details
- When: Friday, September 18, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. PST.
- In-Person Location: Gilbert Event Center, Eastern Oregon University, 1 University Blvd, La Grande.
Agenda Items to Watch:
- 2027 Big Game Regulations: The Commission will review and vote on the final proposed rules, frameworks, and tag structures. This vote directly impacts upcoming hunting seasons across the state.
- Habitat Projects & Land Acquisitions: Commissioners will review funding decisions for Access & Habitat projects. This includes a proposed 528-acre expansion of the Coquille Wildlife Area in Coos County. It also covers a land sale transaction to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR).
Why This Meeting Matters:
Our community advocates for sound science to dictate state wildlife policy, ensuring the legacy of harvesting is preserved for future generations. Meanwhile, our opponents continuously seek to restrict our traditions. We must keep a watchful eye. For this reason, we must ensure the Commission remains committed to objective management.
How to Watch and Participate:
- Watch the Livestream: Monitor the entire meeting stream live via the official ODFW YouTube Channelor directly on the ODFW Commission Agenda Page.
- Testify In Person: You can register to speak on scheduled agenda items directly at the meeting site. To do this, fill out a paper “Witness Registration” form at the venue on Friday morning.
- Virtual Testimony & Public Forum Deadlines: Unfortunately, the online pre-registration for remote video testimony and the general Public Forum officially closed this morning at 8:00 a.m.
Time for Us to Take Control and Drive Our Mission
Our outdoor traditions face a critical crossroads. Animal extremist groups are playing the long game. Specifically, they push backdoor public land closures and radical tool bans. They want to wrap our traditions and lifestyle in crippling red tape.
For generations, we have funded, managed, and protected our natural resources. We are the true stewards of the land. Therefore, we cannot afford to lose ground when our heritage is on the line.
Those opposed to our outdoor way of life continue to push extreme agendas. They are highly active in the halls of government and courts of law. For this reason, we must match their intensity. We must ensure our voices drown out their extremist rhetoric.
We cannot and will not let our traditions be rewritten. Please forward this alert to your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen today. Urge them to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you and the Sportsmen’s Alliance. Together, we will safeguard our outdoor freedom in the Beaver State.
The Sportsmen’s Alliance guarantees hunting, fishing, and trapping for the American sportsman now and forever. We’re there when sportsmen need us most. We are the only organization specifically created to protect the individual hunter, angler, and trapper – no matter the threat. We will never compromise when it comes to defending our way of life in the courts, in the legislatures, in the public square, and at the ballot box. We make this promise to the American sportsman: we will never give up and never give in while proudly securing our future against those seeking to destroy our values, beliefs, and traditions.
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