Thanks to cooler water temperatures, “hoot owl” restrictions that closed salmon, steelhead and trout fishing at 2 p.m. have been lifted on portions of the North and South Santiam Rivers....
Underlining the critically dry and dangerous fire conditions across much of the Northwest, an entire national forest spanning two states has just been temporarily shut down to all public access....
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River isn't the only place in Washington where salmon managers will capture and truck heat-sensitive sockeye around too-warm waters this summer....
In a first for Washington state, wildlife biologists recently captured and fitted a female grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) with a radio collar. The bear, accompanied by three yearling offspring, was then released to help biologists learn more about grizzly bears in...
Tyler Glenn Chance Warren, 31, of Pendleton, Oregon, was sentenced to three years’ federal probation, a $1,000 fine, 40 hours of community service, and a three-year fishing ban after illegally taking bull trout from the Metolius River in the Deschutes National...
U.S. Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-03) are pleased to announce their joint Community Project Funding request to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and other native fish species within the Columbia River system from sea lion predation, has been...
Due to severe drought conditions coupled with abnormally high temperatures, ODFW has lifted all size (minimum and maximum) and daily limits for most species of fish (see exceptions) temporarily in several waterbodies throughout Wallowa and Baker Counties....
The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office is recruiting 45 volunteers to fill positions on advisory committees that help determine how the state invests in the outdoors....
Lower Columbia mainstem Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 60 salmonid boats and 186 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (6/10) flight count....
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has closed several wildlife area units in southeast Washington for public safety due to the Lick Creek (formerly known as Dry Gulch) Fire burning in Asotin County, as well as to give firefighters...
WDFW is asking anglers to report concentrations of dead fish and shellfish they come across as hot weather and dry conditions continue across Washington, as well as to take care when handling and releasing those they catch this summer....
Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 117 bank anglers kept 7 Chinook and released 10 Chinook, two jacks, one sockeye and one steelhead. 5 boats/8 rods kept one Chinook and released three Chinook. ...