Ducks Unlimited and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies are cheering today's signing of the "historic" America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, "the most important fish and wildlife legislation enacted this congressional session" in a year that's been bad for us but...
The bad news for Northwest razor clammers continues during what was expected to be a great season as Oregon's best beaches for digging the tasty shellfish are now closed....
Northwest hunters and others are hailing today's announcement that gray wolves will finally be federally delisted, fully moving the species' management in the western two-thirds to the states of Washington and Oregon....
Fishing and environmental organizations say they will take federal agencies back to court over deficiencies in their latest plan for managing the impact of the Columbia-Snake hydropower system on listed salmon and steelhead....
Washington's ocean beaches will remain closed to razor clam harvest through at least Nov. 12 after test results on razor clams dug at Long Beach indicate levels of domoic acid that exceed the threshold (20 parts per million) set by state...
In a very unusual midseason move, Washington wildlife officials may grant additional bighorn ram hunting permits for one herd this fall after a dead lamb tested positive for a lethal bacteria....
The reward now stands at $6,150 for information about a wolf poaching incident in Baker County on or around Sept 24. The reward includes $300 or five hunter preference points offered through the Turn In Poachers (TIP) program if the information...
A coalition of disparate fish and fishing groups have joined forces to call on Washington's and Oregon's governors to keep moving forward on reforming commercial salmon harvest on the Columbia and to "abandon" a recent decision to increase gillnetting....
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce a closure on central coast beaches for recreational razor clamming and the reopening of mussel harvesting on south coast beaches. ...
"Tough season, weird year." That is Eric Winther's quick take on the northern pikeminnow sport-reward fishery that wrapped up on the Columbia and Snake Rivers earlier this month....
After recent test results, the Washington’s Department of Health (DOH) has determined razor clams contain increasing levels of domoic acid. As a result, state health officials and shellfish managers closed Washington's ocean beaches to razor clam digging....