Don McIsaac will resign from the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission at the end of his term, this New Year's Eve, rather than seek reappointment....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission this afternoon killed the state's spring bear hunting season as we've known it, on the now usual 5-4 margin....
WDFW managers worked to allay concerns about their draft Coastal Steelhead Proviso Implementation Plan during a meeting this morning with members of a Fish and Wildlife Commission subcommittee....
It's not the lightest reading of all time, but some anglers dogged enough to dive into WDFW's draft Coastal Steelhead Proviso Implementation Plan are expressing concerns about it, particularly elements centered around hatchery production and sport and tribal fisheries....
Northwest watersheds and their finny denizens will get a boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law via a half-decade-long Forest Service-Trout Unlimited agreement announced today. ...
It's an active time for black bear policies on both sides of the United States. As Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission takes up the future of limited-entry spring hunts this Friday, the governor of New Jersey has lifted his suspension of...
Washington's Department of Natural Resources says it won't renew the last two netpen leases for a firm raising sterile steelhead over state-owned aquatic lands....
A man has allegedly admitted to illegally gillnetting coho on the Dosewallips, on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula, and Washington game wardens say that potential criminal charges have been referred to Jefferson County prosecutors....
WDFW is stocking thousands of trout averaging 15 to 16 inches at dozens of Washington lakes, mostly west of the Cascades, for post-Thanksgiving Day fishing and as an alternative to shopping madness....
Skykomish River chum salmon have fallen on hard times, but a unique partnership of local anglers and guides, and state and tribal comanagers is working to restore returns of these famed fighters that are also important to the environment. ...
With returns of Chehalis Basin coho expected to "meet or exceed management goals," WDFW is boosting the adult limit from one to two (only one wild) in a number of area waters....
National Park Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service officials say they are launching another look at restoring and managing grizzlies in Washington's North Cascades, including designating any population there as experimental....
Columbia sturgeon managers have set seasons in the gorge, including Monday, Wednesday, Saturday keeper days on The Dalles and Bonneville Pools, plus Jan. 1, "to reduce season volatility and help anglers plan fishing trips by extending seasons later into the year."...