E-regs Detail Washington Coast Winter Steelhead Seasons More Fully
Following yesterday afternoon’s press release announcing this winter’s Washington Coast steelhead seasons, WDFW has also posted the official fishing rule change notices for Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, Queets, Quinault, Hoh and Quillayute systems.
Troopers Ask For Info On 3 Elk Wasted In Northcentral Oregon
Three elk killed and left wholly or partially to waste in Northcentral Oregon the past two months have state wildlife troopers asking the public for tips to help solve the cases, according to news releases out today.
Washington Coast Winter Steelhead Seasons Announced
Just as was previewed earlier this week, there will be more boat angling opportunities on the Washington Coast this winter steelhead season, but the Grays Harbor system will be closed to all fishing as of Friday, December 1 – though perhaps only temporarily as WDFW meets with tribal comanagers to try and come to an agreement about hatchery-directed fisheries on four rivers there.
Groups Again Appeal To Inslee Over Commission Wolf-Livestock Decision
Pro-wolf groups are yet again appealing to Washington Governor Jay Inslee to order WDFW to begin rulemaking around “enforceable” wolf-livestock conflict management standards after the state Fish and Wildlife Commission declined to do so in late October.
OSP Asking For Help IDing Person Of Interest In Scappoose Elk Poaching, Wastage Case
Oregon wildlife troopers are asking for help identifying a person of interest in the unlawful killing and wastage of a large bull elk near Scappoose overnight.
Reports Detail Draft Lower Snake River, Columbia Basin Deal
There’s a fair amount of reporting out this morning about apparently not-so-secret leaked draft agreements on the future of the lower Snake River dams, hydropower operations and salmon and steelhead restoration in the Columbia Basin.
2024 Northwest Boat And Sportsmen’s Show Schedule
Here is the schedule for 2024 sportsmen’s and boat shows and links to all the events being held around the greater Pacific Northwest in the first few months of the new year.
Mud In The Eye Of Restoring Willamette Spring Chinook, Winter Steelhead Runs
The yin and aye-yi-yi of restoring salmon and steelhead passage in a big Northwest watershed is on full display this month.
WDFW Rolls Out 2023-24 Coastal Steelhead Season Proposals
More boat angling opportunities are being proposed for this winter’s steelhead season on the Washington Coast, but the fate of Grays Harbor fisheries remains TBD.
NWIFC Chair Again Weighs In On WDFW Commission Draft Conservation Policy
The head of a powerful Western Washington tribal organization is taking another shot at the state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s draft Conservation Policy, saying that if it’s meant to offer guidance without regulatory muscle, it should be “adopted as a vision statement” instead.
Pacific County Judge Lowers Boom On Repeat Salmon Snagger
A Long Beach salmon snagger has been sentenced to more than seven weeks in jail, fined $1,500 and cannot fish for five years for his history of similar violations, according to WDFW.
Winter Closure Coming To Methow Wildlife Area To Protect Deer Herd
A large portion of the Methow Valley Wildlife Area will close to recreational access over the coming three and a half months to protect Washington’s largest migratory mule deer herd on its winter range, as well as to potentially monitor the impacts that the “temporary” closure has on the ungulates.
McKean-Newberg Podcast Series Talks To Former Wildlife Agency Director On Hunter Relevance
Traveling this long holiday weekend? You might give Andrew McKean and Randy Newberg’s latest podcast in their series on the state and future of wildlife management and governance in Washington and across America a listen.
Olympic National Park Closing Queets, Salmon, Upper Quinault To Steelheading
Steelhead fishing will close on sections of three Olympic National Park rivers ahead of the arrival of the vast bulk of winter-runs, federal managers announced this week, citing forecasted returns.
Please Don’t Report Mr. Fluffernoodles, He’s Not A Cougar: ‘This Happens More Than You Think’
This Tigard kitty causing a tizzy wasn’t the first to be mistaken for a cougar, and it most assuredly will not be the last.
Improved Boat Ramp Coming To Upper Bonneville Pool State Park
A five-month-long closure to improve the boat ramp at Oregon’s West Mayer State Park this coming winter and early spring “will provide anglers and others better facilities to launch into the Columbia River” when all is said and done, according to ODFW and OPRD.