"That's validating." Those were the words of WDFW Deputy Director Amy Windrope immediately after learning that a lawsuit challenging the agency's 2026 Game Management Plan had been thrown out in its ...

"The proposed amendments increase recreational opportunity in the Washington portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers and ...

With fall salmon pushing up the Chehalis, WDFW is offering advice to fishermen who may be contacted by the Chehalis Tribe ...

ODFW and WDFW are accepting applications to serve as a Columbia River Recreational Fisheries Advisory Group member for a ...

The biggest event on the Northwest deer hunting calendar is just about here, the start of October’s rifle seasons, and prospects range from good in much of Southwest Washington, Southwest Oregon and ...

Despite the concerns from the legislator and state fishing managers, the Board of Natural Resources approved the $30,000 deal on a 4-1 vote in early January 2017. The three parcels joined an old ...

Tristan Henry of the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership takes a look at the 114-year history of the Blue Mountains elk ...

A minimum of 270 wolves roamed Washington at the end of 2025, a 17.4 percent jump over the previous annual count. The rise marks a return to the population’s growth after just a one-year blip across ...

At a time of changing theories in fish and wildlife management and conservation and the funding thereof, Washington Governor Jay Inslee has a new senior natural resource policy advisor and hunters and ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the Pacific west coast in 2026. The seasons provide coastwide recreational and commercial ...

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE “These digs will be the last opportunity to get razor clams for upcoming Super Bowl festivities,” said Bryce ...