The Clallam County Sheriff's Office has released more information on yesterday's tragic boating accident on the Bogachiel River near Forks and which resulted in the death of a father and a son, with one person still missing and one survivor....
WDFW is looking for public comment on 21 proposed land acquisitions in 17 counties for fish and wildlife habitat and public access, a first step before seeking state and federal grant funding for approved projects....
A 52-year-old Yakima County resident was sentenced in Kittitas County Superior Court to pay $7,000 in fines and restitution and 14 days in jail or home confinement for felony first-degree wildlife trafficking, WDFW reports....
Sturgeon numbers are declining in the Snake River between Lower Granite Dam and Hells Canyon Dam, where recruitment is not high enough to overcome predation and sustain the population, and the rise of several new species in the system is being...
The same day last week that a King County Superior Court commissioner issued a temporary restraining order pausing WDFW's efforts to remove a wolf from a depredating pack in Northeast Washington, agency staffers investigated a fresh confirmed wolf depredation that led...
HEY! YOU! Lucky hunter with the dead far Eastern Washington deer in the bed of that pickup headed west on I-90! Nice buck, but did you know you can't bring the whole carcass of any deer nor elk or moose out...
Imagine just getting the federal approval to fire up a coveted new winter steelhead program after the old one was killed off via lawsuit settlement, but then having to scrap the whole idea because the legislature didn't give you enough money...
Washington state steelhead managers will brief anglers on 2025-26 coastal winter run forecasts and proposed fishery regulations at a pair of upcoming virtual town halls....
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers reacts to a US Supreme Court decision to leave in place a lower court's ruling upholding the legality of "corner crossing," which BHA termed "a resounding victory for all who value their right to access public lands."...
Hunting and wildlife advocates are warning about impacts to an elk calving area, hunting access and more as public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a multi-faceted 1,090-acre development by Mission Ridge ski area above Wenatchee draws to a...
ODFW reports on how Chinook salmon are fanning out into the upper Klamath Basin for the first time in more than 100 years following the removal of four downstream dams....
We’ve got a back 40 full of Oregon ash trees. Nice big old tall ones my wife can barely wrap her arms all the way around; robust saplings waiting in the wings; a kajillion sproutlings. They’ve all recently been handed a...
Good news for hunters, as 13,000 acres of private land have been added to the Jackson Cooperative Travel Management Area this season, and new maps from ODFW are available for downloading....
