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The Salmon Fishing Current blog: North of Falcon 2025 edition

Washington salmon season setting is complex fishery management, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) fishery managers…

Feb 11

The Salmon Fishing Current blog: North of Falcon 2025 edition

Feb 11

Director’s Bulletin | Jan./Feb. 2025

It’s that time of year again: Each year from February to April, state, federal, and tribal fishery managers gather to plan the northwest’s…

3d ago

Director’s Bulletin | Jan./Feb. 2025

3d ago

Restoring balance: Recovering the northwestern pond turtle and northern leopard frog

Washington’s wetlands are home to a wide diversity of wildlife, including everything from aquatic invertebrates to amphibians and migratory…

Feb 21

Restoring balance: Recovering the northwestern pond turtle and northern leopard frog

Feb 21

WDFW, partners restore estuary habitat with completed Milltown Island Project

Intertidal marsh restoration in the South Fork Skagit River estuary creates habitat for juvenile salmon while adding amenities for…

Feb 14

WDFW, partners restore estuary habitat with completed Milltown Island Project

Feb 14

Take two: the continued travels of hawk 264292

You may recall our 2024 blog post about a radio-tagged ferruginous hawk fledgling, dubbed 264292 after her transmitter number. At the time…

Feb 12

Take two: the continued travels of hawk 264292

Feb 12

Hatchery program changes lead to steelhead planted in Rock Lake

WDFW recently released 80,000 juvenile hatchery steelhead into a large Whitman County lake, adding to an already dynamic fishery.

Feb 6

Hatchery program changes lead to steelhead planted in Rock Lake

Feb 6

WDFW’s mounted patrol

Using domestic animals to help protect wildlife and their habitat

Feb 4

WDFW’s mounted patrol

Feb 4

Test fishing guides Washington’s coastal commercial crab season

The state’s coastal commercial Dungeness crab season is underway, following months of test fishing and data gathering by the Washington…

Feb 3

Test fishing guides Washington’s coastal commercial crab season

Feb 3

Head to North Central Washington for winter trout fishing

Story originally published in the Northwest Sportsman Magazine January issue

Jan 27

Head to North Central Washington for winter trout fishing

Jan 27

Invasive mussel infested tugboats intercepted in Spokane

Two tugboats infested with quagga and zebra mussels were intercepted at the Spokane watercraft inspection station on January 7th. While one…

Jan 22

21 gallon-sized bags of invasive mussels that were removed from one of the two tugboats. Bags are stacked 4 wide with 5 bags in 3 stacks and one stack with 6. Traffic cones are on the left and right side of the stack for scale.

Jan 22

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is dedicated to preserving, protecting and perpetuating the state’s fish and wildlife resources.

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