Blues Elk In ‘Crisis,’ But Not For Some FWC Members

More details emerged this morning about “exceptionally low” elk calf survival rates in Washington’s Blue Mountains, where it’s increasingly clear cougars are taking a lion-sized bite out of the herd.
Pushback Against Commission Spring Bear Vote Grows More Strident

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission poked a slumbering bruin with their vote that put the 2022 spring black bear season on hold for at least one season.
Lab Results Show At Least 7 NE OR Wolves Were Poisoned

Oregon State Police wildlife troopers are making more information available on last winter’s deaths of six wolves in a Union County pack and one other since then, and asking for info on who poisoned them.