‘Case Of Senseless Killing’: 2 Treed Bears Found Dead
Oregon wildlife managers are putting out more information about the deaths of two black bears found in trees near Medford in October in hopes of finding the perpetrators.
Inslee Lays Out 2023-25 WDFW Budget, Salmon Proposals
Governor Jay Inslee’s proposed 2023-25 budgets would “solidify” WDFW funding with an $88 million increase for operations and a $190 million, largest-ever, boost to capital projects, according to a message sent out to staffers yesterday.
Columbia Fall Salmon Anglers Asked To Take Survey
In the wake of this season’s impact-eating fall Chinook bites at Buoy 10 and subsequent Columbia closures, partial reopeners and further shutdowns, ODFW and WDFW fishery managers have posted an angler survey as they consider “ways to reduce the likelihood of this outcome in the future” on the big river.
IDFG, WDFW Plan Bighorn Research Captures In Hells Canyon
Wildlife biologists from Idaho and Washington will capture 55 bighorn sheep in three Hells Canyon herds later this month as part of ongoing “research to monitor health status and to evaluate strategies for managing disease” in the animals.
SW WA Fishing Report (12-14-22)
The latest WDFW catch stats for three Southwest Washington fall salmon and winter steelhead rivers showed goose eggs for 36 bank anglers.
2023 Spring Chinook Forecasts Out
Columbia salmon managers expect a larger overall return of spring Chinook to the big river and its many tributaries next year, some 307,800 hatchery and wild fish.
Like Steelheading? These WDFW Gigs May Be For You
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river …” OK, so that’s not exactly how WDFW worded one of its latest job announcements, but the agency is looking for two full-time recreational steelhead test fishing technicians to work Washington Coast systems later this winter.
Another Washington Wolf Killed By A Cougar
Cougars bagged another Washington wolf, this one a member of the border-straddling Grouse Flats Pack of Asotin County.
Some Details From Year 2 Of Blues Elk Calf Mortality Study Out
More collared Blue Mountains elk calves have survived to this point of 2022 than last year, but cougars are again taking the lion’s share among Southeast Washington’s burgeoning predator guild.
22 Fishing Seminars Coming To 2023 Seattle Boat Show
Seattle Boat Show organizers say they will hold 22 fishing, crabbing and shrimping seminars at the big February 3-11, 2023 shindig, including slow-pitch jigging for bottomfish, Puget Sound squidding, maximing electronics and more.
Moose Spotted At Mt. Rainier National Park
There’s a moose on the loose at Mt. Rainier, the first ever recorded there, according to national park officials.
North Sound Avian Flu Outbreak Leads To Advisories
WDFW is advising waterfowlers and others not to move sick or dead geese, ducks or other birds due to a suspected North Sound avian influenza outbreak that has killed over 1,150 birds in this important wintering grounds this fall.
Another Chum Broodstock Program Begins, On The Skagit
At least 913 chums have been collected on the Skagit River this fall as state and tribal managers aim to increase numbers of the struggling stock of late-returning salmon that once provided important fisheries.
WDFW Hunter Ed Instructor And Master Hunter Resigns
A Southwest Washington man who helped educate “hundreds of new hunters” as well as served as a WDFW Master Hunter for more than a dozen years has resigned from both posts.
DNR Map State Lands With Potential For Wind, Solar Development
Washington Department of Natural Resources has published a map of state lands that could be available for wind and solar energy projects following input from WDFW, tribes and others.
Predator-Prey Project, Deer Listing, Coast Steelhead On WDFW Comm Agenda
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hear preliminary findings on the WDFW-UW Predator-Prey Project in the Okanogan and the state’s northeast corner among other topics at this week’s meetings of the citizen panel.