The first ocean fishing season of 2026 starts Saturday (March 14), with the opening of the bottomfish season in Marine Areas one and two.

Indian tribes in western Washington warn salmon ecosystems are being destroyed faster than they can be restored.

Old printers, paper jams and disappearing ink have conspired to usher in a major change for Washington hunters and anglers. Starting this July, the state will no longer print hunting and ...

A federal judge in Oregon ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in order to help salmon, saying the Trump administration’s ...

Blooming redbuds and dogwoods have us daydreaming about fly fishing, and also about seeing some great fly fishing cinema.

Environmental stewardship is part of our daily operations. It is grounded in responsibility to the resource and to future ...

Gov. Ferguson called the session successful, pointing to investments in housing and infrastructure and the adoption of a new tax on income above $1 million.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s Halibut Derby.

Starting July 8, WDFW will no longer provide licenses on waterproof, tear-resistant paper.

If you want to make fishing your life, you're going to have to give up a few things. But it's all worth it for these six fish ...

RECENTLY, THERE WAS a complaint about the inaccuracies of the column about National Invasive Species Week. It’s an international event dedicated to raising awareness about invasive species, the ...

Razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, and Mocrocks beaches have been approved by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for March 17-24, the WDFW announced thi ...