While there are available Chinook remaining in the Area 4 quota, the recent closure of adjacent Catch Area 5 to Chinook retention is expected to lead to increased fishing effort and increased catch of Chinook in Area 4. Lowering the limit...
DNR lands in Eastern Washington will temporarily close to public access starting this Friday, impacting campgrounds and other recreational sites and areas managed by the agency, while WDFW's Eastside wildlife areas and water access sites within them will only be open...
A pair of wildlife area units near Winthrop and a boat access site on a nearby lake have been closed for public safety and to give crews space to fight the Cub Creek 2 Fire....
ODFW is changing the Central Oregon Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain) summer all-depth Pacific halibut season open dates to increase angling opportunities....
Several Puget Sound waters will close earlier than anticipated to fishing for or retention of Chinook salmon, state salmon managers announced today....
Thanks to cooler water temperatures, “hoot owl” restrictions that closed salmon, steelhead and trout fishing at 2 p.m. have been lifted on portions of the North and South Santiam Rivers....
Underlining the critically dry and dangerous fire conditions across much of the Northwest, an entire national forest spanning two states has just been temporarily shut down to all public access....
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River isn't the only place in Washington where salmon managers will capture and truck heat-sensitive sockeye around too-warm waters this summer....
In a first for Washington state, wildlife biologists recently captured and fitted a female grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) with a radio collar. The bear, accompanied by three yearling offspring, was then released to help biologists learn more about grizzly bears in...
Tyler Glenn Chance Warren, 31, of Pendleton, Oregon, was sentenced to three years’ federal probation, a $1,000 fine, 40 hours of community service, and a three-year fishing ban after illegally taking bull trout from the Metolius River in the Deschutes National...
U.S. Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-03) are pleased to announce their joint Community Project Funding request to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and other native fish species within the Columbia River system from sea lion predation, has been...
Due to severe drought conditions coupled with abnormally high temperatures, ODFW has lifted all size (minimum and maximum) and daily limits for most species of fish (see exceptions) temporarily in several waterbodies throughout Wallowa and Baker Counties....
The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office is recruiting 45 volunteers to fill positions on advisory committees that help determine how the state invests in the outdoors....
Lower Columbia mainstem Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 60 salmonid boats and 186 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (6/10) flight count....