The 2020 Columbia River forecasted return of upriver bright adults is 233,400, with 18,150 of these fish expected to return to the Snake River. This forecast is large enough to allow for harvest in the Snake River. ...
Fresh snow had just melted and the scent trail was more than a day old when a yellow Labrador Retriever named Buck went in search of evidence linked to an elk that had been poached on March 19, near Cottage Grove....
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will temporarily close the County Line Water Access Area along the Washougal River in Clark County from Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. Prior to this closure, the water access area will have...
August is the month for sockeye fishing at Lake Wenatchee. I have been actively participating in this fishery for over 20 years and can say that the techniques have improved dramatically over the past decade. ...
You won't hear WDFW crowing about winning a recent wolf case in court, but the agency's state lawyer called it a "home run of a decision," vindicating staffers' difficult job managing the controversial species....
Lower Columbia salmon anglers are increasingly concerned that key fishery reforms are in danger of "abandonment" as Washington overseers consider making changes to nontreaty commercial allocations and allowable net gear on the big river....
Two King County residents and one from Ferry County had challenged summer 2019's Old Profanity Territory Pack kill order and development of 2017's guiding Wolf-Livestock Protocols, saying it should have undergone State Environmental Policy Act review....
Pointing to the need for flexibility, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission this morning unanimously denied a petition to require nonlethal tactics be used to reduce wolf-livestock conflicts....
No fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin Endorsement or Two-Rod Validation) are required to fish, crab or clam in Oregon that weekend. ...
Anglers can forget the fishing license June 6-7, but the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is still asking everyone to remember to recreate responsibly for this year’s “Free Fishing Weekend” to keep their communities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Puget Sound halibut fishing and groundfish including crab on the Washington Coast could open by the end of May, WDFW Director Kelly Susewind told the Fish and Wildlife Commission this morning....