Idaho Fish and Game briefs big game hunters on chronic wasting disease, discovered in five deer and elk south of Lewiston last fall, and new rules that have been adopted in response....
WDFW and ODFW announce that Chinook retention will close as of August 31 after state salmon managers from Washington and Oregon met today on the popular fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River following high catches of kings....
Rowland wanted the commission to A) hold discussions on management policies around the bucktoothed rodents that "supports the Department in assisting landowners with nonlethal solutions to beaver problems," and their premier role in restoring riparian areas. ...
With "expected catches" in both state and tribal Chinook fisheries lagging, WDFW announces that Marine Area 13, deep South Sound, will close to all salmon fishing as of Monday, August 29....
"An increase in ocean friendly days this year and higher catch rates of fish per trip" has ODFW prohibiting the retention of China and copper rockfish as well as cabezon, and dropping the general marine bag to four starting Sept. 6...
Before the four Lower Snake River dams can be breached, their services and benefits must be replaced or mitigated for, but the status quo around their operations is unviable as well....
For the first time since 2015, ocean salmon anglers will be able to retain wild coho off Westport, thanks to a rule change going into effect on Saturday....
An "unprecedented" mortality event involving around 20 sturgeon at Idaho's CJ Strike Reservoir, on the Snake, has led state managers to close the C&R fishery where water temps and dissolved oxygen levels have hit levels lethal to the long-lived species....
Researchers have found that Chinook and steelhead are also affected by a toxic tire compound washed into streams by rains, though not to the extreme degree of coho, but sockeye appear to be unaffected....
Public comment open on a WDFW proposal to reclassify Columbian whitetail deer from a state endangered species to a threatened one "based on encouraging conservation gains and population growth."...
Federal and state managers announce that the waters off the mouth of the Columbia from Cape Falcon to Leadbetter Point will close as of tomorrow for Chinook retention, but near-shore waters along the Long Beach Peninsula will reopen for hatchery coho....
"Summer is a great time to enroll in hunter education class because as fall hunting seasons draw near, seats in these courses fill quickly," said David Whipple, WDFW hunter education section manager. “Beat the fall rush and sign up today, especially...
Shellfish swine appear to be in some sort of contest this summer for the most gluttonous overlimit. WDFW Police this morning reported two shrimpers were caught in the San Juan Islands in July with 1,225 spot shrimp, tasty Puget Sound denizens...
Oregon fishery managers announce that parts of nine coastal rivers will open for wild coho retention, but also that steelhead retention won't be allowed on portions of three northeastern streams....
Idaho big game managers say deer and elk hunters "should be optimistic and concerned about this fall's seasons, as wapiti herds are mostly healthy and stable and there's potential for increased mule deer production and harvest, but Clearwater whitetails won't have...
