Category Archives: Fish and Wildlife Commission

Bill Monroe: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife appoints first female director

The first woman director in the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s century-plus history is Debbie Colbert. Colbert, 54, is a 20-year department veteran and most recently its deputy director for all fish and wildlife programs. Her selection was a unanimous decision by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Friday afternoon following a day-long meeting […]
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Debbie Colbert named first woman to lead Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

An insider at Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has been named the agency’s next leader. Debbie Colbert was unanimously chosen in a vote late Friday afternoon by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. Colbert is a deputy director at the agency, leading its fish and wildlife programs, and has spent much of her career […]
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Debbie Colbert selected to lead Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new leader — and they didn’t have to look beyond the building to find her. Debbie Colbert, the current deputy director for fish and wildlife programs at ODFW, was picked to lead an agency that oversees 1,200 employees and the state’s vast range of fauna. Source: […]
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government

Scott Moore is on his way in and Jenn Baker is on her way out as chief of staff for new House Speaker Julie Fahey, D-Eugene. Baker is still chief of staff on an interim basis during the transition. And Moore, who was Fahey’s chief of staff in the House Majority Office, also is handling […]
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Finalists picked for director of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Two finalists have been picked to become the next director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Debbie Colbert and Kaitlin Lovell were selected from a pool of 30 candidates to lead an agency with more than 1,000 employees and the often polarizing task of managing the state’s fauna. Either would become the first […]
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Commission meetings May 3 and 10 to select new ODFW director

Members of the Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet the next two Fridays to select the final candidates for the director position on May 3 and potentially choose the new director on May 10. Meetings will be livestreamed via ODFW’s YouTube channel and at https://www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/commission/. An online form is now available for members of the […]
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government

Oregon’s state economist, Mark McMullen, is leaving at the end of May to join the Common Sense Institute of Oregon as vice president of policy and research. Berri Leslie, director of the Department of Administrative Services, named McMullen’s longtime colleague, senior economist Josh Lehner, to fill the role on an interim basis. The Oregon Fish […]
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Oregon’s Fish & Wildlife Commission meets in Tillamook April 18-19

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission meets in Tillamook April 18-19 for a tour of area projects on Thursday and a meeting on Friday. To join the tour on Thursday, meet at the Terimore Motel, 5105 Crab Ave. W in Tillamook by 8 a.m. Members of the public who join the tour must provide their own […]
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Oregon wildlife commission poised to make the most consequential decision in a decade

On May 10, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to decide who to hire to lead the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department as its new director pushed back an initially aggressive hiring timeline. “Hearing people is more important than speed,” Chair Mary Wahl said at the February 16 meeting in support of the […]
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Oregon wildlife commission poised to make the most consequential decision in a decade

On May 10, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to decide who to hire to lead the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department as its new director pushed back an initially aggressive hiring timeline. “Hearing people is more important than speed,” Chair Mary Wahl said at the February 16 meeting in support […]
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