In what may go down as one of WDFW's most anticipated -- and feared -- announcements, the agency extended Washington's initial two-week fishing and hunting halt until at least May 4, effectively postponing the start of spring turkey, lowland lakes, halibut,...
While the state of Oregon is currently not recommending out-of-state residents visit the state for recreation due to the Governor’s Stay Home, Save Lives order, all watercraft entering Oregon are still required to be inspected at an aquatic invasive species station...
At their April 4 meeting, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission adopted a rule that temporarily suspends the sale of several types of nonresident fishing and hunting licenses, tags, and permits. ...
With Washington's finances taking a hit from the COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Jay Inslee slashed the recently passed supplemental operating budget by hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as vetoed several WDFW-related provisos. ...
Most fishing and hunting seasons remain open in Oregon, but participants should continue to comply with social distancing and other guidelines set forth in the Governor’s Stay Home, Save Lives order....
Washington state natural resource agencies are extending the two-week lands closure until May 4, in accordance with Governor Inslee's lengthened "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order announced last night....
“These funds will pay for a variety of treatments including forest thinning, meadow restoration, prescribed burning, noxious weed treatment, aspen restoration and planting nutritional forbs, all to benefit habitat for elk and many other species of wildlife,” said Blake Henning, RMEF...
WDFW's director expressed confidence that state staffers would be able to mass mark most if not all hatchery Chinook, coho and steelhead smolts even as fishing for returning adults is on pause in Washington through at the very least April 8...
Three fall Chinook fishing options for the Lower Columbia were trotted out today by ODFW and WDFW for public comment, along with other salmon and steelhead proposals for the mainstem and its tributaries from Buoy 10 to Tri-Cities....
Survive the Sound, the fun, free online game that tracks virtual equivalents of real winter steelhead smolts as they try to migrate out of the inland sea, is back and new this spring features fish from a third river....
No doubt COVID-19 and the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order has drastically altered our daily lives but it’s also created difficulties in the ongoing topsy-turvy salmon fishing season setting process. ...