What do Punxsutawney Phil and the Olympia Outsider™ have in common? At about this time every even-numbered year, we both ...

Washington hunting and coastal bottomfish managers are asking for public comment on upcoming seasons, including 2026 big game permit levels and waterfowl opportunities, and 2027-28 lingcod and ...

When it comes to sea lions in the Columbia and Willamette, it can seem like a losing battle, but a presentation last night ...

Elk hoof disease researchers at Washington State University have found that several other bacterial species may be playing a ...

Steve Rinella took on one of the West’s weightiest and thorniest issues, restoring Columbia River salmon and steelhead ...

A seven-day razor clam opener has been greenlighted on Washington Coast beaches, with digging starting Thursday January 29, ...

Two Washington big game auction tags will be up for grabs at the 26th annual Seattle Sportsmen's Convention in early March.

Washington clammers may not dig this news. WDFW is taking comment on a proposal that would chop the geoduck daily limit sharply, increase the minimum size for cockle clams, shorten seasons at two ...

A 12-plus-pound tiger trout took big fish honors and a youngster went back to back in the second of two ice fishing derbies held in Northcentral Washington's Okanogan Highlands this month.

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 ...

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

This will make for the fourth year in a row and seventh of the last 13 that it will be catch-and-release only between Buoy 10 and Bonneville Dam, with managers pointing to a sturgeon population that's ...