{"id":954,"date":"2012-02-03T22:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T06:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonfalconers.com\/?page_id=954"},"modified":"2020-04-25T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:54:21","slug":"history-of-ofa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oregonfalconers.com\/index.php\/about\/history-of-ofa","title":{"rendered":"History of OFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began the process of legalizing the sport of falconry in 1972. The federal agency proposed a rule with two comments periods, one in 1973 and one in 1974<\/a>, where they received 16,000 comments. The 1976 Federal Regulations <\/a>required that states legalize falconry in order to be in compliance with the USFWS. States that did not legalize the sport would subsequently lose the sport.<\/p>\n

Oregon Falconers Association formed in late 1977, soon after the ODFW Commissioners voted to legalized falconry in our state as of January 1, 1978. An early organization (Oregon Committee for Legal Falconry and Raptor Management) had formed in 1974 to help make falconry legal in Oregon (see History of Falconry in Oregon<\/a>). OFA’s first president, Ben Elliott, shared that our new state club was forming “to represent falconry and raptor management interests” and to “work closely with our Commissioners and Department Staff to achieve better falconry regulations…” To read more letters from past OFA presidents, or to read documents about the formation of our club, go the OFA Historical Documents<\/a> in the Members Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

List of OFA Presidents (by year):<\/strong><\/p>\n

1978-1979 \u2013 Ben Elliott
\n1980-1982 \u2013 Larry Cottrell
\n1983-1985 \u2013 Byron Gardner
\n1986-1987 \u2013 John Lees
\n1987-1988 \u2013 Danny Ertsgaard
\n1989-1990 \u2013 Mike Syring
\n1991-1992 \u2013 Charlie Stock
\n1993-1994 \u2013 Karen Cottrell
\n1995-1996 \u2013 Ken Don
\n1997-1998 \u2013 Todd Sherer
\n1999-2000 \u2013 Todd Sherer
\n2001-2002 \u2013 Burt Loessburg
\n2003-2004 \u2013 Burt Loessburg
\n2005-2006 \u2013 Ben Pickett
\n2007-2008 \u2013 Bob Welle
\n2009-2010 \u2013 Bob Welle
\n2010-2010 \u2013 Randy Carnahan
\n2011-2012 \u2013 Kort Clayton
\n2013-2014 \u2013 Dan Cecchini, Jr.
\n2015-2016 – Trent Seager
\n2017-2018 – Ralph Tolli
\n2019-2020 – Jim Webber<\/p>\n

To read letters from past presidents & officers, and to read about events in OFA History, go to the OFA Historical Documents in the Members Area [read more…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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