Fishing and environmental organizations are taking federal agencies back to court over deficiencies in their latest plan for managing the impact of the Columbia-Snake hydropower system on listed salmon and steelhead...
Anglers are having some success catching kokanee in Detroit Reservoir lately, thanks in part to the new bonus bag limit of 5 kokanee. But ODFW is also hearing from anglers that targeting kokanee is resulting in quite a few inadvertently hooked...
WDFW held its ground on coastal steelhead restrictions, turning down proposals from Olympic Peninsula guides who yesterday held a rally in Forks to protest the most controversial element – the boat-fishing ban....
Willamette spring Chinook anglers will be able to run a second setup below the falls after the Fish and Wildlife Commission OKed the two-rod validation for this season this morning....
WDFW, in consultation with fishing advisors for Puget Sound, has decided to temporarily close this fishery until later in the season in order to preserve future fishing opportunities and to limit impacts to natural-origin Chinook. ...
As if these times weren't quite polarized enough, there weren't far, far weightier things environmental groups could be working on, and a generalist species that's doing just fine needed any more help, a pro-wolf coalition says they're going to sue over...
Steelheaders have just one week left to comment on a proposed Skykomish River hatchery summer-run program that would utilize natural-origin fish, essentially a do-or-die bid for the future of the important Puget Sound fishery....
A new report from the Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office shows that many salmon populations still are teetering on the brink of extinction and without drastic changes to how Washington addresses climate change and population growth, may not survive....
Washington steelheaders are pushing back harder on WDFW's coastal restrictions, with West End guides calling for anglers to rally in Forks tomorrow afternoon in protest of the boat-fishing ban....
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is asking for public feedback on six land acquisition proposals that would help promote fish and wildlife conservation and public access to the great outdoors. ...
State lawmakers this afternoon held the first of the week's two hearings on WDFW's unprecedented coastal steelhead restrictions this season, listening as guides outlined the economic impacts to their businesses and communities, as well as listed alternative regs they'd like to...
