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WDFW Shuts Down North Fork Nooksack Spring Chinook Fishery -
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (114+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A RULE CHANGE NOTICE FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Effective dates: June 9, 2026, until further notice. Location: North Fork Nooksack River from the Highway 9 Bridge to the yellow marker at the upstream side of the…...
Oregon Kids Asked To Help Name New Fish And Wildlife K-9 -
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (254+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS AN OREGON STATE POLICE FISH AND WILDLIFE DIVISION PRESS RELEASE Paws up for OSP's newest K-9 recruit. The one-year-old red Labrador Retriever is currently training to join K-9 Scout and K-9 Drake to help protect Oregon's natural resources as part…...
State, Federal, Tribal Reps Hear From Quinaults On Bid To Expand U&A To Lower Columbia, Willapa Bay -
1+ week, 2+ day ago (822+ words) BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE UPDATED 8: 11 P. M. , MAY 29, 2026, with comments from Guy Capoeman, QIN president, in the eight and ninth paragraphs A closed-door meeting today on the Washington Coast to hear about the Quinault Indian Nation's bid to extend its…...
DU Awarded Grants To Restore Upper Klamath Wet Meadow, Boost R3 Programs -
1+ week, 5+ day ago (153+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM DUCKS UNLIMITED Ducks Unlimited (DU) was recently awarded a $255, 000 Richard King Mellon Foundationgrant to restore approximately 100 acres of degraded montane meadow habitat in Oregon's Upper Klamath River watershed. Another $150, 000 grant will support Ducks…...
More Details On Oregon Coast Fall Chinook, Coho Season Proposals -
2+ week, 3+ day ago (154+ words) ODFW has posted super handy tables that show what proposals for this fall's Chinook and coho seasons on the Oregon Coast look like. They list this year's proposed bag limits, closure dates or other special regs in some cases, and…...
Western Washington Student Wins Award For Hydrosponge That Captures Coho-killing Pollutant -
2+ week, 3+ day ago (371+ words) BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE Kudos to a Bellevue high school student who figured out an effective and cheaper way to remove a coho-killing chemical from stormwater runoff and was recently awarded $75, 000 for her idea. Lakshmi Agrawal, 18, says her…...
Oregon Fishing, Hunting Ban Petition Tentatively Meets Minimum Signature Threshold -
2+ week, 4+ day ago (521+ words) BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE Organizers of an initiative petition that would ban fishing and hunting in Oregon have now submitted the minimum number of signatures to get on this fall's ballot if enough of those names are valid,…...
Fallen Early 1900s Oregon Game Warden's Name Added To National LEO Memorial In DC -
3+ week, 3+ day ago (436+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OREGON STATE POLICE Every year, the names of officers killed in the line of duty are added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall in Washington, D. C. The memorial stands as a…...
WDFW Extends Special Permit Application Period By A Week -
3+ week, 4+ day ago (159+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has extended this year's special hunt application submission deadline by one week to May 27 following an unexpected delay…...
WDFW Lays Out Impacts From Lawmakers' $14. 4 Million In New Cuts To Its Budget -
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1155+ words) BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE Another round of heavy state budget cuts from state lawmakers could lead to reduced opportunities on important North Sound salmon rivers, coastal razor clam beaches and Cowlitz smelt dipping. So warned WDFW Director Kelly…...