SALEM – The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted game bird regulations for the 2006-07 season.

Major changes adopted include a new controlled fall turkey hunt in the John Day watershed and two new goose hunting zones to address depredation problems on private agricultural land.

Below is a summary of the regulations adopted:

-New Fall Turkey Hunt, John Day Watershed: Season Sept. 30-Nov. 30 in eight wildlife management units, bag limit of one turkey, 300 tags, application deadline Sept. 12. Hunters are reminded only one fall turkey tag is allowed.

Sage grouse: Regulations are unchanged from last year and remain among the most conservative in Western states, reflecting Oregon57;s participation in a range-wide plan to protect sage grouse. Season Sept. 9-17 in 12 wildlife management units, daily/season bag limit of two sage grouse, 1,300 permits available, application deadline Aug. 28.

Ducks: The Commission approved another liberal 107-day duck season with a daily bag limit of one canvasback and one pintail for the full season. The daily bag limit for scaup remains three birds.

Season dates are Oct. 14-29 and Nov. 1-Jan. 28 in Zone 1 and Oct. 7-Dec. 5 and Dec. 8-Jan. 21 for Zone 2.

New: The commission adopted proposed changes to hunting in the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area that will change hunting days and times in some areas in order to better attract and distribute waterfowl and improve hunter success

Goose: Most zones continue a 100-day season with a liberal bag limit of four dark geese and five white geese. Openings are concurrent with duck openers in most areas.

New: Two new goose zones adopted include a new south coastal zone for Coos, Curry and Douglas counties west of Highway 101 with some hunting targeting Aleutian Canada geese allowed in late February and early March. The second new zone is in Klamath County and allows late February and early March-hunting for white-fronted geese.-

The commission also approved several special hunting opportunities including 12 youth upland game hunts statewide during one of three weekends in September; a Becoming and Outdoors Woman Pheasant Hunt in Denman Wildlife Area Sept. 16-17; Western Oregon Fee Pheasant Hunts in Denman WA (Sept. 25-Oct. 13), E.E. Wilson (Oct. 1-31), Fern Ridge (Sept. 11-Oct. 8), and Sauvie Island (Sept. 18-Oct. 1) and a statewide youth waterfowl hunt (Sept. 23-24).

The game bird season regulations will be available Aug. 18 at ODFW offices and license retailers statewide, as well as on the ODFW Web site, www.dfw.state.or.us