Five-year reviews of six ESA-listed Lower Columbia, Ozette Lake and Oregon Coast salmon and steelhead stocks maintained ESA listings for all, but also found the Beaver State's Pacific coho "stand out as a bright spot" and could be "within reach" of...
Washington wild steelhead managers expect coastal runs to continue an overall slow rebound from rock bottom this coming winter and spring, but four rivers are forecast to remain below escapement goals and might be closed, if recent seasons are any indication....
Coho fishing has been extended on the Skagit and Cascade Rivers, while with rain finally in the forecast, the Wallace, Dungeness and Gray Wolf Rivers are reopening to angling for silvers....
After building a website for a two-day "Washington Fish & Wildlife Management Reform Convention" today and tomorrow on Vashon Island – outlining what it was about, the agenda, accommodations, meal plans, social activities and more – organizers abruptly deleted all the...
What's being billed as the "inaugural Washington Fish & Wildlife Management Reform Convention" kicks off tomorrow at noon on Vashon Island and it features some of WDFW's fiercest courtroom and management opponents, free vegan food and a chance to hobnob with...
It was summer for the opening weekend of Washington's rifle deer season, but some hunters did tag bucks, and the good news is that conditions will turn decidedly more fall-like in a few days, cooling the state, dampening the ground and...
A sharp increase in incidental walleye catches during this year's Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program season is confirming a report of building numbers of the fish colonizing upper portions of Washington's Snake River....
As hunters make their Deer Camp lists for Washington's big opener on Saturday, WDFW is advising those who plan on hitting private timberlands to also double-check on access....
Fire restrictions are being eased but not entirely removed on federal and state lands in Eastern Washington ahead of the start of rifle deer season this weekend....
Washington deer hunting managers are adding a 24-hour self-service kiosk to their chronic wasting disease monitoring efforts ahead of the start of the state's major season this Saturday....
Early October 2022 catch stats for fall Chinook, coho and steelhead on the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries, the Hanford Reach and lower Yakima River....
“The investigation revealed a shocking number of fish and game violations,” says Idaho Conservation Officer Chad Wipperman about five men initially charged with 50 wildlife crimes and who were recently sentenced to pay more than $21,000 in fines and face other...
Following on Olympic National Park's announcement of river and creek fishing closures yesterday, today WDFW announced sweeping angling shutdowns up and down the Washington Coast due to extreme low flows....