With Increasing Influence from Anti-Hunters, Washington’s Wildlife Commission Is Now ‘Dysfunctional,’ According to a University Report
After prolonged conflict, a new report recommends either eliminating or overhauling the traditional Washington Fish and ...
Should Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission be dissolved?
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is under scrutiny after a report last month found the organization’s structure ...
The Olympian2d
Sportsmen’s Alliance sues WA state Fish & Wildlife over delay in releasing public records
The documents the Alliance wants are about a 2022 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting where it voted to cancel spring bear ...
Angler hauls in over $164,000 in pikeminnow cash for fishing Columbia, Snake rivers in 2024
A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the ...
Opinion
WA Fish and Wildlife Commission has its problems, but we should keep it
The commission structure works in most states. What is missing in Washington are guardrails for Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners' behavior.
SeafoodSource6d
Washington state officers cite group for illegal crab harvesting
Wildlife officers from the U.S. state of Washington caught a group illegally harvesting crabs from the Puget Sound, citing ...
Tiny burrowing owls ‘evicted’ to make room for Pasco water plant. What happened next
Burrowing owls typically live underground in natural burrows that they’ve taken over from prairie dogs, ground squirrels or badgers. Unlike nocturnal owls, they are active during the day. The city and ...
Hoodline8d
Washington's Skagit and Sauk Rivers Steelhead Fishery Season Set to Open on February 1
Washington's Skagit and Sauk rivers open for steelhead fishing from Feb 1 to Apr 15, with catch-and-release regulations.
Tri-City Herald28d
Fish and Wildlife offers $10K reward in illegal killing of protected Eastern WA gray wolf
The federal service, along with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, are seeking information about the killing of a federally endangered adult male gray wolf in Klickitat County ...