US Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) tweeted this evening that he had “made the decision to withdraw the federal land sales provision” from the so-called Big Beautiful Bill before the US Senate. It’s a HUGE ...

WDFW is laying off staffers for 29 positions, not filling many of 170 vacancies, shutting down a hatchery, closing a popular steelhead fishery next year and is being forced to let a predator ...

As Washington hunters sat on pins and needles earlier this week prodding WDFW’s special permits website in hopes of seeing they’d been drawn, I got a backdoor glimpse into how the agency awards the ...

The federal government is pulling out of a deal that paused a long-running court case over Columbia River hydropower operations and their impacts on listed salmon and steelhead stocks and which might ...

UPDATED 4:11 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 WITH AN ODFW PRESS RELEASE AT BOTTOM Umpqua River wild Chinook anglers escaped a full closure but will still see a heavily restricted fishery this fall.

UPDATED 12:04 P.M. PST, JUNE 24, 2025, WITH COMMENTS FROM BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS It’s all a little bit Washington DC-ese, but a bid to sell off 2 to 3 million acres of Forest Service and BLM ...

Yesterday, the federal government backed out of a “landmark” deal aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia Basin. But the work is far from dead. So vowed Tucker Jones, the Oregon ...

UPDATED 9:46 A.M, JUNE 22, 2025 Both of Idaho’s US Senators as well as Montana’s Steve Daines came out against a plan in Congress to sell off 2 to 3 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land across ...

THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY JERRY PRUIETT, WDFW Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary – June 16-22, 2025 Mainstem Columbia River Lower Columbia River, Rocky ...

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has finalized its acquisition of the Sekiu boat launch ...

With Washington lawmakers’ passage of increased fishing and hunting fees set to take effect first thing next month, WDFW is updating out-the-door prices for its various licenses and fees, as well as ...

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY JERRY PRUIETT, WDFW Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary – June 9-15, 2025 Mainstem Columbia River Lower Columbia River ...