Due to a low forecast of summer steelhead back to the Columbia Basin this year, ODFW is instituting protective regulations on the Deschutes and John Day Rivers and Eagle Creek....
Late June 2025 Chinook, sockeye, steelhead, shad and sturgeon catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the lower Willamette....
While this year's Columbia spring Chinook run exceeded the preseason forecast, allowing extended fishing, unfortunately, the big river's sockeye return is not following suit. ...
A 32-year-old Battle Ground man caught on a cellular trail camera two years ago unlawfully hunting black bears with hounds was sentenced to pay $7,000 in fines and penalties, lost his hunting license for five years and ordered to serve 10...
US Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) tweeted this evening that he had “made the decision to withdraw the federal land sales provision” from the so-called Big Beautiful Bill before the US Senate. It’s a HUGE HUGE HUGE win for public land and...
Fired by a steady drip of videos highlighting certain Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members' internal communications, hunters came a'calling this morning for the resignations of four of them, and shooting right back was the chair who said they were flat-out...
Washington Coast steelhead managers plan on updating permanent fishing rules for rivers from the Elwha around to the Naselle ahead of the arrival of the bulk of the wild run this coming winter and spring....
WDFW is laying off staffers for 29 positions, not filling many of 170 vacancies, shutting down a hatchery, closing a popular steelhead fishery next year and is being forced to let a predator suppression project largely lapse as a result of...
A pro-hunting and -fishing organization continues to roll out unflattering internal Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission emails, this time a damaging communication that appears to indicate the chair is against recruiting more sportsmen, a stunning position for someone to have while...
Mid- to late June 2025 sockeye, steelhead, Chinook, sturgeon, walleye and shad catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Willamette below the falls....
It's all a little bit Washington DC-ese, but a bid to sell off 2 to 3 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land has been ruled subject to a 60-vote minimum instead of a simple majority in the Senate, and...
Both of Idaho's US Senators and Montana's Steve Daines have come out against a plan in Congress to sell off 2 to 3 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land across the West, while Outdoor Life reports hunters and others...
I think about deer camp in the Okanogan, how it sits on a nice flat spot in the hills just off a decent road and is only occupied by humans for a few weeks in fall, and then I think about...
With Washington lawmakers' passage of increased fishing and hunting fees set to take effect first thing next month, WDFW is updating out-the-door prices for its various licenses and fees, as well as warning Columbia River anglers the salmon-steelhead endorsement is returning...
