SALEM, Ore. – When Curt Melcher first took a job with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, he never imagined he’d one day run the place. It was 1985, “The Goonies” had just hit movie theaters and Melcher was still a student at the University of Oregon studying to get his degree in biology. He began his career doing field work, stream surveys and even sometimes collecting roadkill from the side of the highway.