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Northwest Sportsman Magazine


Commissioner Kehne, The Future Thereof

JAY KEHNE IN FRONT OF THE SENATE ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES. (TVW)

It took all of 100 seconds earlier this winter for a Senate panel to recommend that the full chamber confirm Larry Carpenter’s appointment to the Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission.

Most of that time was actually just a rote recitation …read more…

Lost-net Bill Moves Out Of Oly Committee With A Do-pass Recommendation

A Washington House panel has just pushed a lost-net-reporting bill out of committee on a 13-0 do-pass recommendation.

Engrossed Senate Bill 5661, which requires commercial skippers to report their lost nets within 24 hours, is now one step closer towards …read more…

Lost-net Reporting Bill Clears Senate 47-1, Now In House

A bill that would require commercial skippers to report lost or abandoned fishing nets and shellfish gear moved out of the Washington state Senate on a 47-1 vote yesterday.

ESB 5661 was also amended by Senators Kevin Ranker and Sharon …read more…

Lost Net Reporting Bill Resurfaces (Hurray!), And Other News From Oly

And why not blog about what’s shaking in Olympia as long as I’m on deadline for March?!?!

The main news is that a lost-net-reporting bill dismissed to the Legislature’s X-file last year has been resurrected while a host of other …read more…

News Roundup: Ghost Nets, Pissed Fish Writer, Zumbo Honor

JIM ZUMBO ACCEPTING THE HONOR FROM RMEF. (RMEF)

I swear I won’t be blogging much today — gotta put together the beast we call the March issue — but a few things need comment this drizzly morning.

1) Gary Chittim at KING 5 did a good story on …read more…

Big Changes Ahead For Sol Duc Winter Steelhead

TETHERED WILD SOL DUC STEELHEAD. (TERRY WIEST)

With the end of hatchery releases next year, the Sol Duc will become Washington’s first wild steelhead gene bank, a significant designation in the state’s new era of steelhead management that may also one day be extended to other Westside …read more…

It’s Official, First Sport Springer Of The Year!

DUSTIN STANSBURY AND THE SEASON'S FIRST SPRINGER. (WRIGHT & McGILL/EAGLE CLAW PHOTO CONTEST)

There was a very solid rumor yesterday afternoon that the first sport-caught springer of the year had been seen caught over the weekend, and what should roll into yours truly’s inbox overnight?

Proof that turns rumor to fact.

Dustin Stansbury, …read more…

WDFW Hiring 5 On Wolf Front As Agency Ramps Up Work On Species

Like to work outdoors in all kinds of weather and drive around in the mountains and woods a lot, have a degree in biology, are able to walk stooped over while carrying 40 pounds, and can talk to the public …read more…

State, Tribe Settle On Three-pronged Pike Approach

Target them, hold tourney$, and gill nets.

That’s the three-pronged strategy that WDFW and the Kalispel Tribe have settled on for dealing with nonnative northern pike in Northeastern Washington’s Pend Oreille River starting this spring.

Representatives from both government entities …read more…

Legislators Wrestle With The Gray, And Other Oly News

Washington sportsmen wouldn’t be on the hook for paying ranchers if their cows, sheep and other stock are killed by gray wolves.

An amendment Rep. Brian Blake (D-Aberdeen) tacked onto Substitute House Bill 2365 dropped the cap on a wolf …read more…