WDFW is laying off staffers for 29 positions, not filling many of 170 vacancies, shutting down a hatchery, closing a popular steelhead fishery next year and is being forced to let a predator ...

With Washington lawmakers’ passage of increased fishing and hunting fees set to take effect first thing next month, WDFW is updating out-the-door prices for its various licenses and fees, as well as ...

Yesterday, the federal government backed out of a “landmark” deal aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia Basin. But the work is far from dead. So vowed Tucker Jones, the Oregon ...

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 ...

A new study found that coastal cutthroat trout are nearly as sensitive to a tire preservative byproduct that gets washed into streams during rainstorms as coho salmon are. COASTAL CUTTHROAT TROUT ...

Columbia fall salmon season dates, hatchery-Chinook-only retention periods, September river closures, a new boundary line for a super popular fishery near the mouth of the Lewis River. All that and ...

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 ...

Washington lawmakers passed a bill reinstating the Columbia River endorsement to fish for salmon and steelhead this afternoon following amendments to it in the Senate and concurrence from the House.

A bill that would bring back Washington’s Columbia River endorsement requirement to fish for salmon and steelhead in much of the watershed was tweaked in committee this afternoon as it received a ...

A fishing and hunting license increase is one big step closer to hitting most Washington hunters and anglers’ wallets this summer after Substitute Senate Bill 5583 passed out of the House of ...

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, ...

More details are emerging on Washington’s newest Fish and Wildlife Commission member, as well as reformists’ reaction to Governor Bob Ferguson’s Monday appointments. “I grew up digging razor clams, ...