OAR 635-050-0070: Beaver Harvest Seasons

Open Season: November 15 through March 15 of the following year except the following described areas are closed to beaver harvest: (1) Clackamas County. Within the exterior boundaries of Mt. Hood National Forest. (2) Crook County. Prineville Reservoir below high water line and the Ochoco National Forest. (3) Curry County. The Rogue River from the east county line to the mouth. (4) Grant County. Within the exterior boundaries of the Ochoco National Forest; Murderers Creek and Deer Creek, tributaries of the South Fork John Day River, within the exterior boundaries of the Malheur National Forest. (5) Jefferson County. That portion of the Willow Creek watershed on the National Grasslands. (6) Josephine County. The Rogue River from the confluence of Grave Creek downstream to the county line. (7) Union County: (a) National Forest lands. However, private inholdings within the National Forest remain open. (b) Grande Ronde River above Beaver Creek. (c) All tributaries of the Grande Ronde River above the confluence of Five Points Creek. (Five Points Creek open to the National Forest boundary.) (8) Wallowa County: (a) Wallowa River watershed above Wallowa Lake. (b) Those portions of the Lostine River, Hurricane Creek, and Bear Creek watersheds within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. (c) Minam River watershed. (d) Peavine Creek, a tributary of Chesnimnus Creek. (9) Wheeler County. Within the exterior boundaries of the Ochoco National Forest and those portions of the Bridge Creek watershed on Bureau of Land Management lands. (10) Any body of water that is on, adjacent to, or flows through public land, or any public land within 200 feet of the ordinary high waterline of a body of water, that is shown as closed to beaver harvest on the 2025-2027 Oregon Beaver Harvest Closure Map. This subsection does not apply to: (a) Private lands; or (b) Below the ordinary high-water line of navigable streams and rivers when the adjoining land is privately owned.