A U.S. District Court Judge in Portland today upheld the August findings of a Pendleton Magistrate Judge, siding with the Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) and other groups who filed suit to stop the U.S. Forest Service from building an additional 137...
There were the changes at the helms, court battles, legislative battles and more, and here we wrap up 2018 with a recap of notable news from October through December. ...
If it wasn’t the plight of orcas and mountain caribou, it was the fangs of cougars and wolves that were in the news — along with the flight of mountain goats and pangs of grizzly bear restoration....
As 2018 draws to a close, we're taking our annual look back at some of the biggest fish and wildlife stories the Northwest saw during the past year....
Federal legislation expanding sea lion removals in more of the Columbia and many of its tributaries became law yesterday, capping a multi-year, multi-stakeholder, bipartisan effort to reduce pinniped predation on ESA-listed salmon and steelhead as well as other stocks in the...
Washington salmon fishermen and others were furious to learn that as many as 6.2 million Chinook fry died last Friday when a state hatchery lost power during a windstorm and a backup generator failed to start up....
Washington Governor Jay Inslee is touting an "unprecedented investment" of $1.1 billion to recover orcas and their key feedstock -- Chinook -- in his just-released 2019-21 budget proposal....
The U.S. House today passed the Senate's Columbia sea lion bill and it now heads to President Trump's desk for his signature, according to Northwest lawmakers....
The U.S. Senate has passed a key bill that would make it easier for state and tribal managers to protect ESA-listed salmon and steelhead in the Lower Columbia from California sea lions....
An editorial in today's Lewiston Tribune asking organizations that are forcing Idaho to close steelheading as of this Saturday to have their lawyers "stand down" for the good of the fish and fish advocacy never had a chance....
WDFW's new director Kelly Susewind fielded more than three dozen questions about salmon, hatcheries, sea lions, orcas, wolves, increasing fishing and hunting opportunities, and more during an hour-and-a-half-long webinar last night....
A federal fisheries biologist is sharing his guarded assessment of 2018's annual spring survey of young salmon off the Northwest Coast, one that offers a glimmer of hope for future Columbia River runs but also comes as the Pacific continues to...
Washington's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force has transmitted its recommendations for how to help out the state's struggling orcas to Governor Inslee, and members of the sportfishing community are reacting to the final package....
More details are coming out about last week's large-scale joint state-tribal survey on Lake Roosevelt, one that alarmingly turned up a 6-pound pike just 10 miles from Grand Coulee Dam and a 27.5-pound northern in the upper Spokane Arm, but may...
From an ADA-accessible blind at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Sal Trujillo watched as the first rays of sun peeked above the surrounding hills. Flocks of mallards, pintails and tundra swans soon filled the sky....
Significantly increasing Chinook abundance to help out starving orcas is among the recommendations Washington's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force voted to forward to Governor Jay Inslee yesterday....
