KHQ

Fishing season kicks off March 1 on Eastern Washington lakes

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced that more than two dozen lakes in Eastern Washington will ...

Many Eastern Washington lakes open March 1 for early-season fishing

In addition to stocked rainbow trout, many of these lakes offer excellent late-winter fishing opportunities for bass, ...
PBS

Wildlife Feeding Ban in Washington: Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Community Spotlight

NWPB Weekly News Now is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, ...
The Columbian

Cowlitz smelt dip approved for Wednesday, but no fish in river yet

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday the first — and potentially only — day of this year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt fishery: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
KGW8

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife enforcing rules making feeding wildlife illegal

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) adopted new rules that prohibit people from feeding wildlife. WDFW's new rules were adopted in an effort to keep Washington ...
Capital Press

Washington Fish and Wildlife closes key wolf policy meeting to public

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife closed a key wolf policy meeting to the public, shielding from public view discussions on how the department will respond to attacks on livestock this ...
The Columbian

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks applicants for council positions

Curious cows and calves come in for a closer look at Oregon’s Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area. (Rick Swart/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
The Spokesman-Review

Fish and Wildlife Department biologists help to rebuild declining Eastern Washington hawk population

One by one, four fluffy white ferruginous hawk chicks emerged from eggs in a nest near Touchet at the start of this month, their hatchings documented by a trail camera. Biologists with the Washington ...
OPB

Probe of Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to stretch into 2026

Gov. Bob Ferguson hired an investigator in June, but they didn’t get started until the agency director requested an inquiry two months later. FILE - This undated photo courtesy of Washington ...
komonews

WDFW approves six days of coastal razor clam digs

A six-day razor clam digging period along select Washington beaches has been set to begin Nov. 18, with tentative December dates, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
Capital Press

Ranchers say Wash. Fish and Wildlife goes AWOL on wolves

Wolves are attacking cattle in northeast Washington and ranchers are on their own as the Department of Fish and Wildlife backs away from managing the predators. A King County court has blocked Fish ...
Yakima Herald

State Fish and Wildlife saga deepens with claims of collusion

A previously undisclosed memo suggests two current commissioners were coordinating with a conservation group. Those named ...