7-day Razor Clam Dig Coming To Washington Coast
WDFW shellfish managers announced a Feb. 6-12 razor clam dig on the coast today, as well as pencilled in three sets of March digs, including two during the morning hours.
WDFW Talks Puget Sound Chinook At Special New Early NOF Meeting
The briefing included updates on ocean conditions, the challenges of holding mixed-stock fisheries, straightjacketing Stillaguamish Chinook payback provisions in the new Puget Sound harvest management plan, a look back at what (the hell?!?) happened during last summer’s fisheries, and a chance to ask agency managers questions and offer ideas for 2024.
Pneumonia Outbreak Hits Hells Canyon Bighorns
Northwest wildlife managers are monitoring a disease outbreak in bighorn sheep at the northern end of Hells Canyon and are asking the public to report any sick or dead sheep they see.
Two-rod Fishing Again Allowed For Willamette Springers
ODFW announces that the two-rod validation will again be in effect for spring Chinook and steelhead on the lower Willamette beginning March 1 and above the falls starting May 1.
Hunter Conservation Orgs Highlight Decades Of Success In The Marsh, Woods
Ducks Unlimited is calling attention to World Wetlands Day and its tie-in with human wellbeing on the international event’s 53rd anniversary, while the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is touting recent “conservation highs” it was part of as it begins its 40th year of working on habitat and access.