Biden Administration, Tribes, States Reach Agreement On Snake Dams
An agreement to restore the Columbia Basin announced today by the White House, the States of Oregon and Washington and four Columbia Basin tribes.
Hunters, Landowners Boost Reward For Info On Poached Scappoose Bull Elk
Hunters and local landowners are boosting the reward being offered for information on the poaching and wastage of a large bull outside Scappoose on the Lower Columbia late last month.
RIP Bigfoot. Magazine Declares Legendary Northwest Forest Critter Dead
Skeptical Inquirer, which touts itself as “dedicated to science and reason,” goes full bah-humbug in stating that “it’s clear there’s no evidence the creature ever existed in the first place.”
Grays Harbor Rivers Will Not Open For Hatchery-directed Winter Fisheries
There will be no hatchery-directed winter steelhead and coho fisheries on the Humptulips, Wynoochee, Satsop and Skookumchuck.
Federal Duck Stamp Goes Digital With US House Passage Of Modernization Act
Waterfowl hunters, bird watchers and others will be able to buy and store the federal Duck Stamp digitally after the US House today followed on the Senate’s earlier approval in passing the Duck Stamp Modernization Act, drawing praise from Ducks Unlimited and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The bill now flies over to President Biden’s desk for his signature.
$3.8 Million In RMEF, Partner Grants Announced For Idaho Wildlife
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is detailing grant funding the organization and federal, state and other partners leveraged for habitat work in Idaho to benefit “elk, whitetail and mule deer, moose, pronghorn antelope and other wildlife.”
2024 Columbia Spring Chinook, Sockeye Forecasts Out
Overnight the 2024 Columbia spring Chinook forecast popped up and it shows that state managers expect 187,400 of the scrumptious salmon back to the mouth of the big river.
‘Truly A Heinous Crime’: OR Hunter, ODFW Ask For Tips On Bighorn Poaching, Other Cases
A spate of poaching across Oregon this fall has a hunting magazine editor and state official hopping mad and reminding the public that cash rewards or preference points for the controlled draw are on tap for tipsters who help crack these egregious cases
WDFW Talks Bears, Cougars With Commission
A WDFW carnivore science panel fleshed out detailed information on Washington’s bear and cougar population, research, management and the response, if any, to recent hunting regulation changes for the Fish and Wildlife Commission this morning.
More Big Game Wastage Cases Reported In OR As Troopers Look For Info
Oregon wildlife troopers are asking for public help identifying who shot and left a Umatilla County mule deer buck and three Lincoln County spike and cow elk to waste this fall.
Feds Say Washington Coast Chinook Listing May Be Warranted
Federal overseers say that a threatened or endangered listing “may be warranted” for spring Chinook in the Chehalis, Quinault, Hoh and Quillayute systems, or alternatively all kings in those rivers.
Troopers Investigating Wolf, Bighorn, Bear Cub Poachings In Baker Co.
Oregon wildlife troopers are highlighting three recent Baker County poaching cases, one involving a collared wolf, the second a bighorn ram that was shot and only its head was taken, and the third a pair of bear cubs unlawfully shot and left to waste.
2 Westside Wildlife Crossing Projects Receive Federal Funding
A pair of Western Washington critter crossing projects have received federal grants, the US Department of Transportation announced today.
WDFW Recommends Commission Deny Cougar, Bear Petition
Washington wildlife managers are recommending that the Fish and Wildlife Commission deny a petition seeking to reverse bear and cougar rules approved in 2019 and 2020 – and suggest that much more is actually at stake given what the petitioners really want.
Podcast On Hunting’s Future In WA, US Wraps Up With 13 Forward-looking Ideas
A deep dive into the future of hunting and wildlife management in the Northwest and across America and our place in that wrapped up this week with a toolkit for sportsmen to get and stay involved in charting a broadly supported path forward.
Corps Addresses Santiam Silt, Reservoir Levels In Q&A
With more mud and silt surely set to flow in the coming rainy days and weeks, the Army Corps of Engineers posted a Q&A on the federal court injunction that has led to deep drawdowns at two of its Willamette Valley reservoirs, imperiled downstream water supplies and killed fish.