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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
HOUSE BILL 3932
By COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
April 14
On page 2 of the printed bill, delete lines 12 through 45 and delete page 3 and insert:
“(2) A person may not take a beaver for recreational or commercial purposes from an area that
is classified by the Department of Environmental Quality as belonging in category 4 or category 5
in a biennial report made pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1389) and ap-
proved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and that is:
“(a) A stream, river or watershed that flows through, is on or adjoins public land.
“(b) Public land that is within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of a river or stream.
“(3) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall publish a map of areas that meet the cri-
teria set forth in subsection (2) of this section, and shall update the map every two years in con-
sultation with the Department of Environmental Quality.
“(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an employee of a federal or state land man-
agement agency may take a beaver, or arrange for the taking of a beaver, to address damage, or
an imminent threat, to:
“(a) Built infrastructure, including a road or a culvert or other human-constructed water
conveyance infrastructure, on public land; or
“(b) Built infrastructure, or agricultural crops, on private land that is adjacent to public land.
“(5) The use of a nonlethal coexistence measure is preferable over the taking of beavers under
subsection (4) of this section, but an allowed taking under subsection (4) of this section may include
lethal removal or relocation when authorized by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
“(6) The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply:
“(a) To private lands;
“(b) Below the ordinary high water line of a navigable waterway when the adjoining land is
private land; or
“(c) On public lands that are otherwise closed to the hunting and trapping of beaver.
“(7) The provisions of this section do not supersede:
“(a) The treaty, statutory, regulatory or aboriginal rights or interests of a federally recognized
Indian tribe; or
“(b) The ability to undertake tribal harvest activities or cooperative management under a co-
operative management agreement between a tribe and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.”.
LC 4742/HB 3932-2