ODFW is putting out more information on the cow moose that was poached in Southeast Oregon in mid-January, and reports that a statewide hunters organization is offering a $2,000 reward for info on the illegal killing and wasting of the animal....
Continuing a federal prey increase program that's been providing more hatchery Chinook for starving southern resident killer whales will have "medium to high benefits" for the Northwest's iconic marine mammals over the short and long term....
WDFW shellfish managers announced a Feb. 6-12 razor clam dig on the coast today, as well as pencilled in three sets of March digs, including two during the morning hours....
The briefing included updates on ocean conditions, the challenges of holding mixed-stock fisheries, straightjacketing Stillaguamish Chinook payback provisions in the new Puget Sound harvest management plan, a look back at what (the hell?!?) happened during last summer's fisheries, and a chance...
Northwest wildlife managers are monitoring a disease outbreak in bighorn sheep at the northern end of Hells Canyon and are asking the public to report any sick or dead sheep they see....
ODFW announces that the two-rod validation will again be in effect for spring Chinook and steelhead on the lower Willamette beginning March 1 and above the falls starting May 1....
Ducks Unlimited is calling attention to World Wetlands Day and its tie-in with human wellbeing on the international event's 53rd anniversary, while the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is touting recent "conservation highs" it was part of as it begins its 40th...
Washington fishery managers will talk about the scope and development of a new policy around harvest management for native, non-hatchery-origin cutthroat and rainbow trout at an upcoming virtual meeting....
A Washington legislative committee gave a do-pass recommendation to a bill that aims to amend the state constitution to enshrine the rights to hunt, fish, forage and more....
Oregon fish and wildlife troopers need the public's help to identify whomever illegally killed and wasted a cow moose in the southeast corner of the state in mid-January, as well as four deer last fall in Tillamook County....
A pair of environmental groups are threatening to sue federal, state and local fishery managers over alleged ESA violations related to Lower Columbia hatchery programs....
A bit more than 24 hours after the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission learned the hard way that their Conservation Policy wasn't going to cut it with at least half a dozen tribes – sovereign nations with treaty rights that they...
Oregon fish and wildlife troopers are looking for help identifying whomever shot multiple cow elk in the Sugar Bowl Ridge area of the Heppner Unit in Umatilla County, wasting at least two. The animals were discovered in late December....
A WDFW employee working at a fish trap on the Duckabush River is presumed to have drowned on Tuesday, according to state officials and county deputies....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission's push to approve a new Conservation Policy for itself and WDFW appears to be going on pause after six tribes formally asked to consult with the state on the far-reaching guidance document....
WDFW says it plans to capture and collar 80 cow moose in Northeast Washington starting this winter as part of a new longer term study to assess survival rates of the state's largest ungulate species in its most predator-rich neighborhood....