Skagit-Cascade Coho Fishery Update

WDFW issues some regulation updates for coho fisheries on the Skagit and Cascade, including periodic closures on the mainstem and a request not to fish holes likely to hold Chinook on the extremely low-flowing tributary.

Another Series Of Depredations In NE WA; In Leadpoint Pack Area

WDFW reports four calves and a cow have been killed or injured by the Leadpoint Pack of Northeast Washington while grazing on private pastures in less than a month, figures that meet criteria for consideration of lethal removal to head off further depredations and have agency staffers discussing “how to most effectively address this situation moving forward and provide a recommendation to the Director.”