Low Summer Steelhead Return Forecasted For Columbia-Snake
Another year, another poor Columbia summer steelhead run, with fishery restrictions again expected. State managers say only 63,400 A- and B-runs will return starting in July, a grim forecast marking what would be an eighth straight year of low returns.
OlyPen Steelhead ESA Listing May Be Warranted, NMFS Finds
A petition to list Olympic Peninsula steelhead under federal Endangered Species Act protections has been accepted by the National Marine Fisheries Service, which will now do a deep dive on the request from the Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler.
Idaho Deer Cull To Begin In CWD Outbreak Area
Idaho wildlife managers will begin a deer cull next week in a basin where chronic wasting disease has been detected in at least 20 animals the past year and a half, part of an effort to reduce herd density and minimize the spread of the always-fatal neurological disease.