Two elk were recently poached and left to waste near Hwy 26 in Clatsop County. Members of the public who heard shots fired or noticed unusual activity near the Hwy 26 rest stop or near McGregor State Forest Road on or...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is inviting the public to provide input on a potential estuary restoration project on the Skagit Wildlife Area Island Unit....
A decapitated black bear joins a growing list of animals from a frenzy of poaching in Lane County in recent weeks. The crimes appear to be random and opportunistic, and officials are looking for leads in multiple cases....
Local sportfishing and boating leaders say they're "excited" that a seven-year-long state effort to get a federal permit to build a new boat launch on Puget Sound near Hansville could wrap up in the coming months....
Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) invite recreational anglers, conservation groups, and other interested members of the public to a virtual town hall, 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24, to learn more about low coastal...
It wasn't a regular hunt given the location and mission, but ground-based marksmen helped cull 31 more mountain goats from Olympic National Park this fall, part of a multiyear effort to eradicate the species in Washington's rugged peninsula mountains....
As more sick bighorns are being reported on Cleman Mountain northwest of Yakima, WDFW has taken the very rare step of issuing more hunting permits for the herd there....
On November 6, 2020 an Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Trooper received information that a blacktail deer was killed and recovered on the Miller Woods Conservation Area property outside of McMinnville....
WDFW is providing more details on what sparked last Friday afternoon's announcement that the popular Hoodsport Hatchery Zone would close to sport chum salmon fishing as of today....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is asking for public comment on the latest draft of its revised Hatchery and Fishery Reform Policy (C-3619)....
Fishery managers estimate that the 2020 fall chum run is about one-third of the way through normal run timing while the hatchery has only achieved 10 percent of broodstock needs....