There will be no sliver of steelheading on a Queets River tributary this season. Where last December Olympic National Park kept its mile or so of the Salmon open for anglers to target an early-arriving run of hatchery fish for a...
WDFW will hold Washington Coast steelhead virtual town halls November 10 and 28 to gather more input on this winter's potential fisheries and regulations....
Local, state and national hunting and fishing organizations have banded together to form the Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Partnership, which describes itself as "dedicated to protecting the state’s hunting, fishing and trapping heritage through science-based fish and wildlife management."...
Northeast Washington hunters, ranchers, local residents and elected officials talked to the Fish and Wildlife Commission today about rising predator numbers and declining ungulate numbers....
When the encounter-limited winter blackmouth season opens on Marine Area 11 November 1, fishing will only be allowed Sunday-Wednesday each week "to extend the season as long as possible," WDFW announces....
At least four GPS-collared Washington wolves have been killed by cougars in the last nine years, a rate higher than seen in the Northern Rockies over a data set twice as long. ...
Oregon State University details a one-year grant that will enable ODFW wildlife managers to send samples collected from deer to an OSU lab instead of out of state for chronic disease wasting testing....
WDFW is seeking applicants for a new Chronic Wasting Disease Advisory Council that will advise Director Kelly Susewind on implementing the agency's CWD Management Plan and provide input for a UW social science research project....
Five-year reviews of six ESA-listed Lower Columbia, Ozette Lake and Oregon Coast salmon and steelhead stocks maintained ESA listings for all, but also found the Beaver State's Pacific coho "stand out as a bright spot" and could be "within reach" of...
Washington wild steelhead managers expect coastal runs to continue an overall slow rebound from rock bottom this coming winter and spring, but four rivers are forecast to remain below escapement goals and might be closed, if recent seasons are any indication....
Coho fishing has been extended on the Skagit and Cascade Rivers, while with rain finally in the forecast, the Wallace, Dungeness and Gray Wolf Rivers are reopening to angling for silvers....
After building a website for a two-day "Washington Fish & Wildlife Management Reform Convention" today and tomorrow on Vashon Island – outlining what it was about, the agenda, accommodations, meal plans, social activities and more – organizers abruptly deleted all the...
