The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) today announced the award of more than $11 million in grants to 11 Chinook salmon habitat and hatchery projects from a new grant program under the Pacific Salmon Treaty. ...
A new Access and Habitat project, the Weyerhaeuser Access Project, will keep public recreational access open on 92,173 acres of privately-owned commercial timberland along the mid-coast for five years (through July 31, 2025)....
Lower Columbia mainstem Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 425 salmonid boats and 133 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (8/15) flight count....
Point restrictions for whitetail bucks in seven Northeast Washington units, opening the 4-O Wildlife Area for general season deer and elk hunting, awarding hunters who kill hoof rot-stricken elk a chance to draw a special permit the following year, and tracking...
THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE ODFW will delay until 2022 any proposed changes to archery elk season that would move Eastern Oregon seasons to controlled hunting only. Other concepts to improve big...
State and federal wildlife managers have wrapped up a three-year effort to reduce mountain goat numbers in one Washington range and bolster herds in another, with 50 more of the animals translocated from the Olympics to the Cascades....
The 2020 Columbia River forecasted return of upriver bright adults is 233,400, with 18,150 of these fish expected to return to the Snake River. This forecast is large enough to allow for harvest in the Snake River. ...
WDFW this morning issued a "final" update on the Wedge wolves, saying they have removed both remaining members of the northern Stevens County pack in response to spring and summer livestock depredations....
The National Marine Fisheries Service today issued a permit to the three NW States, including Oregon, and six regional Tribes that were co-applicants to lethally remove sea lions in some areas of the Columbia River basin....
Washington wolf managers will target another pack in the state's northeast corner that they say has killed three calves and injured nine more in less than two months....
Last week, WDFW's Kelly Susewind booted Tim Coleman from the agency's Wolf Advisory Group following Coleman's participation in one of two recent lawsuits that attempted to undermine state management of wolves in Washington. ...
Hunters who bought a multi-season permit application for elk earlier this year, but were not selected in the April drawing, may be one of the additional 115 people who will be selected for surplus elk multi-season tags....
Federal go-ahead to lethally remove hundreds of sea lions in more of the Columbia and its salmon-spawning tributaries is expected to be issued tomorrow, according to a report, expanding ongoing culling to help reduce predation on ESA-listed runs....
Washington clammers have been enjoying the opportunity to harvest shellfish on Puget Sound beaches this season, but higher participation means three Puget Sound beaches will close for clam harvest earlier than expected to help ensure gathering opportunities for years to come....
Lower Columbia mainstem from Cathlamet upstream to Bonneville Dam – 199 salmonid boats and 135 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (8/8) flight count. ...