[ODFW-News] Women invited to learn spear fishing

[Odfw News]

For Immediate Release Friday, April 22, 2005

Women invited to learn spearfishing

SALEM - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Becoming an
Outdoors-Woman program today announced open enrollment for two programs
teaching scuba diving and spearfishing off the Oregon Coast this summer.

 
The course is a pilot program of ODFW's Becoming an Outdoors Woman
Program. Participants will earn basic open-water scuba certification,
and take lessons in a specialized, National Geographic-designed diving
course that focuses on Oregon marine identification and diving
challenges specific to exploring Oregon's underwater resources.    
 
Graduates of this program, held in Salem, are invited to join other
certified divers for a spearfishing training session July 30 at a
freshwater, high-mountain lake, and an Aug. 27 spearfishing adventure at
Cape Lookout.
 
Participants can choose between a seven-week course, which begins April
30 and meets on Saturdays, and a five-week class which begins May 10 and
meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Each certification class is
limited to 10 participants. The fishing courses are limited to 30
participants, all of whom must be scuba certified. 
 
"This is a whole new direction for the BOW program, and we are excited
to introduce women to the challenge of exploring and fishing Oregon's
freshwater and marine habitats," said Outdoor Skills and Natural
Resources Education Coordinator Paula Booth. "Diving in Oregon is one of
the best-kept secrets of the Pacific Northwest."
 
For more information, call Paula Booth at 503-947-6016 or visit the ODFW
Web site at 
www.dfw.state.or.us <http://www.dfw.state.or.us/> . 
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