The Biden Administration, states of Oregon and Washington and Nez Perce, Yakama, Warm Springs and Umatilla Tribes signed the Columbia Basin Commitments at a White House ceremony, putting into effect a court stay to work on Snake River salmon and steelhead...
A bill requiring a fishing license to dip for smelt on the Cowlitz and elsewhere in the state is one step closer to becoming law after being passed on a 49-0 vote in Washington's Senate late this morning....
More details on last Saturday's cougar attack on a 60-year-old woman on an upper Snoqualmie Valley trail are coming out, including how fellow cyclists fought the animal and their desperate 911 call, and they make for tough reading....
Comment is open into late March on WDFW's three-year hunting package proposals, routine but "in-depth" rulemaking, and this go-around the agency is looking for feedback on a raft of ideas, from general deer season regs to bighorn special permits, hunter orange/pink...
House Bill 2434 and its bid to disband the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission won't go anywhere in Olympia this session, but this morning its prime sponsor certainly achieved his goal in introducing the "hand grenade." A couple others went off...
“Although this run is smaller than the last few year’s returns, we are still able to provide some quality fishing opportunities,” said Ryan Lothrop, Columbia River fisheries manager with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. “We have an obligation to...
In the most recent edition of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Washington, a sweeping analysis of hunters, anglers and wildlife viewers put out by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, current trends are pointing to some interesting conclusions. ...
As Washington smelt managers continue to test the Cowlitz this week to see if enough of the skinny little fish are running upstream to hold another opener – more on that below – a bill that would require dippers to have...
Blackmouth fishing off Seattle and Tacoma will be open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays when season begins March 1, WDFW announced today....
After a construction-related season closure in 2023, Penrose Point State Park will reopen for clam, oyster and mussel harvesting from March 1-April 30, WDFW announced this morning....
Fellow cyclists are being credited with bravely fending off a cougar attack in the upper Snoqualmie Valley Saturday that could have been far worse for a 60-year-old woman who was taken to the hospital after suffering head, jaw and neck injuries....
MD Johnson reports back from the banks of the Cowlitz on last Thursday's smelt dip, which was slower lower in the system and better toward Castle Rock, and what WDFW is looking for to be able to hold a second opener....
A 60-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after a cougar attack on a group of bicyclists in Western Washington's upper Snoqualmie Valley today and state game wardens lethally removed at least one cougar in the area, reports say....
It was bound to happen: After who knows how many thousands upon thousands upon thousands of WDFW emergency fishing rule change notices that have come across my desk over the years, at 5:09 p.m. PST this evening I received what appears...
Along with declaring southern resident orcas state endangered, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted survival guidelines that in part would enhance Chinook production where capacity and funding exists, as well as picked Davia Palmeri as ODFW interim director starting April...
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission did not make a decision today on the scope and timeline of beginning rulemaking around cougar hunting regulations, as had been scheduled, but will meet next month on emerging lion science....