Washington's senior US senator says she has resecured $190 million for a fish passage and water storage project on eastern ...

With support from across the aisle and from multiple hunting and other conservation organizations, a corner crossing bill ...

Feathers, foragers, photography and fantastic adventures await visitors of all ages at the 53rd annual KVAL Sportsmen’s and Outdoor Recreation Show, January 30-February 1, at the Lane Events Center in ...

Following a long public process with a cross section of hunters, the Idaho state legislature is set to consider banning night vision, thermal imaging optics, "transmitting" trail cameras and other ...

An order expanding hunting and fishing access to more public land managed under the umbrella of the federal Department of the Interior is being cheered by sportsmen's organizations and others in the ...

A 22.5-inch trout was the grand prize winner at last weekend’s 22nd Annual Molson Ice Fishing Derby, the first of two notable hardwater contests in the Okanogan Highlands this month. The other is ...

Editor’s note: The Queets, Quinault, Central Coast and Grays Harbor section below was updated December 2, 2025 following a WDFW fishing rules update post. THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ...

More details emerged this morning about "exceptionally low" elk calf survival rates in Washington's Blue Mountains, where it's increasingly clear cougars are taking a lion-sized bite out of the herd.

The news I posted Wednesday that WDFW will attempt to capture and radio-collar 125 Southeast Washington elk calves this spring to determine the reasons why so many are dying before they even reach a ...

If you haven’t already heard about the recently completed Ruckelshaus report, you are going to get very familiar with it in the coming months. It will play a major role in the continued battle over ...

A bill that would hike the cost of most Washington fishing and hunting licenses by 38 percent narrowly passed out of the Senate today. With a 25-24 roll-call vote, Substitute Senate Bill 5583 now ...

Record fish runs, great angling, salmon quickly colonizing a freed river, commission antics, a new DFW director, wildlife diseases, land buys, lawsuits, people doing good deeds, wolverines in crazy ...