If it had been a normal spring day, they might have all been down at Drano Lake, trolling and casting for spring Chinook. Instead, anglers in dozens upon dozens of boats circled in the waters of the Columbia near Tri-Cities as...
A pair of Washington-based Ducks Unlimited chapters are being recognized as among the hunting organization's top fundraisers in the entire country, with another 13 Northwest chapters also honored for their grassroots conservation efforts....
WDFW and stakeholders are beginning to hold conversations about how to reopen fishing and hunting in Washington, where it has been closed since late March due to Governor Inslee's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order....
State wildlife biologists counted 158 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 15 percent increase over last year’s count of 137, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2019 Annual Report released today at odfw.com/wolves....
Oregonians have come together to raise additional funds to bring the total reward to $10,000 for information leading to charges involving a bighorn ram that was shot illegally Jan. 26 on the Wenaha Wildlife Area in northeast Oregon....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new 2020 hunting season regulations and new cougar management guidelines at their April 9-10 meeting....
Washington's Department of Ecology is touting seven federal grants worth $5-plus million that will benefit Puget Sound estuaries, some of the most "complex, productive ecosystems in the world, rivaling the planet’s rain forests and coral reefs."...
Walleye gillnetting operations will run for three weeks this spring, April 13 to May 1. Crews will target spawning walleye in the shallow, northern sections of the lake....
Washington salmon managers are posting "tentative" information on the state's 2020-21 fisheries, adding details on the saltwater side and revealing much about the shape of river seasons, particularly in populous Puget Sound....
There was heavy disappointment but also optimism and calls to action as this year's just-approved Washington salmon seasons were discussed on Puget Sound airwaves this morning....
Continued low returns of some key Chinook salmon stocks are expected to limit numerous Washington salmon fisheries in the upcoming season, state fishery managers announced today. ...
The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted ocean salmon season recommendations that provide recreational and commercial opportunities for most of the Pacific coast, and achieve conservation goals for the numerous individual salmon stocks on the West Coast....
Olympic National Park is recruiting skilled volunteers to assist with the lethal removal of non-native mountain goats from the park. Selected volunteers will be required to travel on foot up to 15 miles a day through park wilderness, much of which...
ODFW is closing recreational hunting, fishing, crabbing and clamming to non-residents due to concerns about travel to Oregon to participate in these outdoor activities. Such travel could spread the virus and put more of a burden on Oregon’s rural communities....
Governor Jay Inslee yesterday rejected a call from nearly two dozen Republican state lawmakers to consider putting sportfishing on the list of allowed essential outdoor activities in Washington under his “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order aimed at helping slow the spread...