The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will get a good look at WDFW's science and potential hunting frameworks for future black bear and cougar seasons when it convenes Friday in Ellensburg....
A Snohomish County man drove his side-by-side through a wild Chinook redd on a stretch of the Skykomish River that has been closed to all fishing this season due to critically low numbers of the salmon species....
Here is the schedule for and links to all 2025 events being held around the greater Pacific Northwest, including another new show launching, this time in Mount Vernon, Washington:...
Washington wildlife biologists took samples from just over 100 deer for chronic wasting disease testing at 10 check stations during the second weekend of modern firearms season in Region 1, a bit more than were collected at both game checks and...
Washington Coast winter steelhead forecasts are out ahead of this week's town hall with anglers to begin shaping 2024-25 season proposals, and for a change the Chehalis prediction looks decent....
Idaho fishery managers continue to sound the alarm about walleye moving up the Snake and Salmon Rivers and say the nonnative fish "now occupy critical rearing and migratory areas of juvenile salmon and steelhead."...
The first salmon seen in Oregon's Klamath Basin since 1912 was spotted in a trib earlier this week by state biologists following the removal of four downstream dams lower down in the watershed, and was hailed as "an exciting and historic...
A public boat launch on the lower Snoqualmie River that's provided access to the upper Snohomish and its popular coho and pink salmon fisheries for decades may be acquired by the Tulalip Tribes in the near future, a move that will...
In a 5-4 decision, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that a Fish and Wildlife Commission member couldn't hold another appointive position at the same time, a victory for a national sportsmen's organization which had sued over...
ODFW and RMEF teamed up to add another 1,073 acres to Northeast Oregon's Minam Wildlife Area, which now covers just over 26 square miles of high-quality landscape....
Early to mid-October 2024 Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach....
The number of harvested big game animals checked at far Eastern Washington chronic wasting disease sampling stations on opening weekend of the state's general rifle deer season continues to rise, according to stats released by WDFW today....
A look toward possible winter 2024-25 Washington Coast steelhead fisheries, a glance back at last season and details on a one-year boat fishing study are all on the docket for a WDFW virtual meeting with anglers and others the evening of...
Featuring a new concrete boat launch, paved approach and ADA loading ramp, along with other updates and restoration work, the Headquarters Unit of the Skagit Wildlife Area is reopening this Friday ahead of the start of waterfowl season on the popular...
