The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has closed several wildlife area units in southeast Washington for public safety due to the Lick Creek (formerly known as Dry Gulch) Fire burning in Asotin County, as well as to give firefighters...
WDFW is asking anglers to report concentrations of dead fish and shellfish they come across as hot weather and dry conditions continue across Washington, as well as to take care when handling and releasing those they catch this summer....
Sec 1 (Bonneville) – 117 bank anglers kept 7 Chinook and released 10 Chinook, two jacks, one sockeye and one steelhead. 5 boats/8 rods kept one Chinook and released three Chinook. ...
ODFW, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Hancock Natural Resource Group are partnering on a project to purchase property in Wallowa and Union County along the Minam River. The purchase would permanently protect crucial big game winter range and provide habitat for...
The grants come from 10 different grant programs administered by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Grants are awarded once every 2 years....
With recent and long term declines in coastal steelhead and last season’s early closure to the 2020-2021 coastal steelhead sport fishery, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers are hosting a suite of virtual public town hall meetings this summer...
The draft RSP covers winter and summer steelhead, coho salmon, and cutthroat trout in southwest Oregon's coastal watersheds from Elk River south to the Winchuck River, including the Rogue River. Management actions are proposed to achieve long-term sustainability for these populations...
“Except for the Nehalem River, fishing will remain open the morning and early afternoon hours when water temperatures are cooler for fish and people. There are many great fishing opportunities in high lakes, for warmwater fish like, bass, walleye, or crappie,...
District wildlife biologists will present proposed statewide and local changes to the 2022 hunting seasons, answer questions and ask for attendees’ feedback....
Oregon's Secretary of State has revised the ballot title summary of Initiative Petition 13 in response to comments from the Oregon Hunters Association, RMEF, Oregon Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and other local and national groups. ...
They're still more than seven months off, but organizers of the Puyallup and Portland sportsmen's shows are pretty excited about where their events landed on the 2022 calendar....
Beginning June 25, the Pacific halibut all-depth and nearshore sport fishery is closed in the Columbia River Subarea for the remainder of the 2021 season....