Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission today again did not reach a decision on moving forward on cougar rulemaking that could be implemented as soon as this hunting season, kicking the can down the road – but only a few short weeks....
WDFW crews report potentially worrisome catches on southern Lake Washington this week: a small northern pike, and salmon fry in the belly of American shad....
Petitions, public comment, the director's report, and cougar science and hunting rules. That's the meat of today's Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission agenda....
Funding for Washington sea lion culling on the Lower Columbia will continue for at least another year, but a chance to triple that spending in the coming fiscal year to save ESA-listed salmon and steelhead was lethally removed from the recently...
Washington salmon managers this morning rolled out a proposed new way to manage summer Chinook seasons off Seattle and Tacoma to try and avoid the early shutdowns and interrupted fisheries that deeply frustrated anglers last year....
March 14 will be the last opportunity to keep a sturgeon on the John Day Pool, Columbia River managers decided this morning after learning the quota is projected to reach 94 percent full after Thursday's fishing....
A settlement reached with the federal government will see a Seattle recycling company create fish habitat at the mouth of the Duwamish River as well as contribute $360,000 to an assessment of damage to natural resources on the highly industrialized waterway....
WDFW is looking for comment on a range of recreational ocean salmon quotas drummed up by the Pacific Fishery Management Council for Washington Coast ports....
WDFW scored $2.7 million to acquire a key boat ramp in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as well as just under $2 million to ensure agency hatchery production complies with federal ESA requirements and $222,000 for a new avian salmon...
WDFW reports that Washington State University's animal disease lab “found the animal to be in good health and body condition with no evidence of significant diseases or abnormalities that would affect its behavior. The animal tested negative for rabies.” ...
Petitions to create new Eastside and Westside deer tags and do away with the perch limit on Chelan County's Fish Lake, land acquisitions, committee meetings, the draft Conservation Policy, cougar management and more are on the Washington Fish and Wildife Commission's...
The reward for information on an Eastern Oregon bighorn shot for its head alone last fall has reached $4,500 after the Oregon Wild Sheep Foundation added to the fund in hopes of bringing the poacher(s) to justice....
Oregon steelhead managers issued a reminder to Santiam system anglers that since 2021, fishing has been restricted to artificial lures and flies from November 1 through April 21 to protect ESA-listed wild winter-runs....