Northwest turkey managers Sarah Garrison and Mikal Cline share their takes on what Washington and Oregon hunters can expect once season rolls around come April. ...
More Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members sat down before lawmakers this afternoon to talk about their backgrounds, interest in overseeing WDFW policies, and take questions from state senators....
Put those long-handled dipping nets back up on the hooks in the garage, folks. While signs started to look good last week with decent commercial catches and Friday saw a large presence of sea lions downstream in the Lower Columbia WDFW...
Red flags – by admission, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission's latest draft Conservation Policy for itself, WDFW and the agency's various advisory groups comes with many of 'em....
Six Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners received do-confirm recommendations during a voice vote by a state Senate committee this afternoon, with only scattered opposition....
ODFW has issued a press release this week on last week's closure of the mid-March to mid-May early ocean Chinook fishery off Oregon's Central Coast and how summer and fall king and coho seasons may be affected during South of Falcon...
WDFW is expediting public comment on a pair of potential land buys near Winthrop and George totaling 538 acres, with input being taken through March 29....
Washington shellfish managers OKed a 10-day set of digs, including Twin Harbors for the first time this year, and pencilled in two long series of digs in April....
Three more Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members appeared before a state Senate committee today and on Thursday they and another trio will all have a recommendation vote on their appointments to the citizen panel.
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Ahead of Oregon's spring youth turkey hunting weekend early next month, ODFW and partners will hold a pair of clinics for 8- to 17-year-olds on how to pursue these wily birds, and registration is now open for the events at the...
A recent ODFW-WDFW survey of Columbia fall Chinook anglers found 53 percent supported limiting retention at Buoy 10 to hatchery fish as a means to lengthen the popular fishery, while 47 percent preferred a shorter season with wild or clipped kings...
Washington ocean salmon managers are looking for public comment on 2023 Chinook quotas that run from 32,500 to 42,500 fish – more than were available last year – and coho quotas from 142,800 to 168,000 – fewer than available in 2022....
Three Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners were told that senators would work to confirm them following a public hearing on their appointments this afternoon, while another trio are due before the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee next week....