A WDFW employee working at a fish trap on the Duckabush River is presumed to have drowned on Tuesday, according to state officials and county deputies....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission's push to approve a new Conservation Policy for itself and WDFW appears to be going on pause after six tribes formally asked to consult with the state on the far-reaching guidance document....
WDFW says it plans to capture and collar 80 cow moose in Northeast Washington starting this winter as part of a new longer term study to assess survival rates of the state's largest ungulate species in its most predator-rich neighborhood....
Oregon wildlife officials are holding public meetings in Salem, Bend and La Grande early next month to gather input on the draft mule deer management plan that has been undergoing revision....
It's officially watch and wait time for smelt dippers. Columbia managers set a research-level commercial fishery this morning that will help determine if enough eulachon are coming up the big river to warrant an opener on Washington's Cowlitz....
A legislative hearing on holding a public vote to amend Washington's state constitution to enshrine the rights to hunt, fish and trap attracted a lot of attention this afternoon in Olympia, one of a baker's dozen worth of bills to watch...
Colorado wildlife officials say they've reached an agreement with the Colville Tribes of Northcentral Washington to acquire up to 15 wolves next winter for the Centennial State's voter-mandated reintroduction effort....
Two Northwest agriculture-oriented organizations announced this week that they planned to hold a "Farmers for Salmon: Walleye Jackpot" in mid-March on the Snake, then just as abruptly cancelled it today....
Sections of the upper Skagit and lower Sauk Rivers will open for catch-and-release wild steelhead fishing starting February 3, with season running Saturdays through Wednesdays through April 17....
Governor Jay Inslee is butting into Washington predator management yet again, yet again around wolf-livestock conflict management, and it may do nothing but further chill the atmosphere around an already-polarizing species otherwise doing just fine in the state....
WDFW will recap 2023's Puget Sound salmon fisheries and the outlook for 2024's at a late January virtual meeting that comes about a month before the kickoff of the annual North of Falcon season-setting process....
With the Pacific Fishery Management Council considering bottomfish harvest levels for 2025-26 seasons, WDFW is looking for feedback from ocean anglers "on potential management measures to keep the catch within Washington’s recreational harvest guidelines."...
The fishing, hunting and conservation community has lost a passionate advocate and a very good man. Mike Meseberg, the longtime co-owner of MarDon Resort at Eastern Washington’s Potholes Reservoir, passed away at home with his family around him on December 26th....
After last year's closure and 2022's brief hunt, waterfowlers will get a chance to pursue brant geese in Skagit County for three days this month, thanks to just enough birds turning up in WDFW's bay count....