The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is preparing to walk away from its controversial draft Conservation Policy. JOHN LEHMKUHL, WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE ...

As Washington hunters sat on pins and needles earlier this week prodding WDFW’s special permits website in hopes of seeing they’d been drawn, I got a backdoor glimpse into how the agency awards the ...

THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE’S 2021 SPRING TURKEY HUNTING FORECAST Turkey hunting opportunities have expanded significantly in the last 20 years. Hunters ...

Without California sea lions intercepting them at the falls this winter, wild Willamette steelhead are making it upriver in numbers not seen so early in several years, helping to sharply reduce their ...

Think tank’s deep dive into ‘dysfunctional’ Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission might be used by legislature to dissolve the citizen oversight panel instead of correct recent years’ issues. By ...

We need to share a better story about why we hunt cougars, bears and other carnivores ‘because the future of hunting – and wildlife conservation – depends on it.’ By Jillian Garrett Public approval of ...

Oregon wildlife managers say they’re evaluating evidence collected from a man who claims to have been attacked by a wolf near Gold Hill earlier this week, but have been unable to gain permission from ...

THE FOLLOWING IS A WDFW PRESS RELEASE Anglers in Washington can expect similar salmon fishing opportunities in 2025-2026 compared to last season, that also includes a strong Puget Sound pink forecast, ...

A new paper on Northeast Washington elk, wolves and cougars will give hunters and local residents – themselves active participants in this dynamic interplay – some things to chew on. Researchers with ...

With a large budget deficit forecasted and calls from Olympia for reduced spending on state programs, a pair of Washington legislators have introduced a bill that would sharply increase the cost of ...

American shad appear to have made themselves at home, their numbers are suddenly booming and they feed on the same stuff as young salmon do. Concerns and questions should be growing over the ...

A bill slated to drop in Olympia Wednesday morning would make WDFW’s director a political appointee again and turn the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission into an advisory panel. WASHINGTON SCENES ...