Several Puget Sound marine areas will reopen for recreational crab fishing beginning Oct. 1, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today....
Poaching charges are headed to the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office against a man who was recently found to have allegedly retained five wild coho out of Discovery Bay....
Aerial crews lethally removed 113 mountain goats from the Olympic Mountains this summer during the fourth of five years of operations to eradicate as many of the nonnative animals from the peninsula as possible....
By late September, the majority of LRH tule Chinook have entered tributaries so handle of this Chinook stock should be minimal in the mainstem Columbia. Given the current projected upriver bright Chinook run size and updated harvest expectations, fishery managers felt...
Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have given the go-ahead for the next round of razor clam digs on coastal beaches beginning Sunday, Oct. 3....
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) invites the public to submit written comment on a proposed spring black bear season rule change by Oct. 21....
Due to the poor returns of steelhead to the Columbia River Basin, ODFW is extending steelhead fishing closures on the Deschutes River through Dec. 31, 2021....
Successful hunters who drive by one of ODFW's check stations in Prineville or Celilo Park during deer and elk hunting seasons are asked to stop to have their animal tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)....
Adult fall chinook counts at McNary continue to slowly decline, ~2,000 - 6,000 per day. From August 9 to September 26, 136,401 adult fall chinook have passed McNary; 4% below the 2020 return (141,882). The 2021 return is still on track...
“The large hatchery coho run has been a bright spot for fishing this year, and as we’ve already met our hatchery Chinook broodstock needs, we want to give anglers a two-week head start on fall fishing,” said Robert Bradley....
Following the annual conservation closure, Clatsop beaches reopen to razor clamming October 1 with good news: domoic acid levels are below the closure threshold and razor clam abundance is the highest seen since 2004 when ODFW began assessing the population....
Whitetail hunters will see more game check stations in Northeast Washington this rifle season as WDFW and volunteers from a local sportsmen's club team up on a new program to test for chronic wasting disease, a deadly deer family malady....