Oregon steelhead managers are holding an April 18 webinar to talk about this year's poor summer-run expectations for tributaries above Bonneville, what it means under newer "fishery frameworks" guiding seasons and more....
Public comment is now open on the draft of a controversial new conservation policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, a document with "hot buttons in every paragraph," as one of its primary writers has acknowledged....
Oregon wildlife managers will hold a mid-April virtual meeting about revisions to the state Mule Deer Management Plan, including "management based on more biologically meaningful herd ranges," as well as distribution, biology, ecology and objectives and goals....
No surprise, but Washington's wolf population rose yet again over the past year, marking the 14th straight year of growth, including a first pack in the South Cascades, "a fundamental leap forward" towards reaching state recovery goals....
Here are more specific details on 2023-24 Puget Sound saltwater and Columbia River summer and fall salmon fisheries following Thursday evening's announcement from WDFW that seasons had been tentatively set....
State senators and representatives are miles apart over funding for a long-planned WDFW hatchery in Deep South Sound that would likely boost Chinook returns for state and tribal fisheries as well as southern resident killer whales, as well as hiring new...
So about Those Videos ... you know the ones, pair of sportfishing boats slaloming toward packs of sea lions in the interstate stretch of the Lower Columbia earlier this week....
Washington's invasive European green crab problem received some federal attention today as a pair of Congress members visited a Strait of Juan de Fuca bay where the unwanted crustaceans have been found....
Word is spreading that Washington hatchery managers are in urgent need of help clipping salmon at a North Sound facility powering sport and commercial fisheries and orca forage initiatives....
Lower Columbia spring Chinook managers extended the sport fishery below Bonneville through next Tuesday, April 11, two more days than staff had recommended....
This year's Columbia smelt run is continuing its weird ways. After providing a surprise dipnetting opener on the Sandy River last week, at least 1,908 have been counted at Bonneville Dam, a rare appearance suggestive of ... well, something anyway....
With catches lagging way below expectations, Lower Columbia salmon managers are recommending an additional two days of fishing before the closure, with a final decision expected this afternoon....