Winter Crabbing Opens Oct. 1 In Marine Areas 4-9, 12 North Of Ayock

WDFW announces that winter crab season will open October 1 in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Islands, Admiralty Inlet, waters off Camano Island and in northern Hood Canal.
Elk Hoof Disease May Be Causing More Widespread Changes: Researchers

Elk hoof disease may be causing more widespread changes in the ungulates’ bodies than was previously known and which might also be passed down to their calves, according to researchers looking into the debilitating condition striking wapiti in Southwest Washington and beyond.
Comment Opens On Restoring Griz To N Cascades As Experimental Population

Public comment has opened on a federal plan to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades, and the National Park Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service are taking input on three alternatives.