ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Two conservation groups say they filed a lawsuit today seeking to stop the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing any more state-endangered wolves. Three wolves from two packs were killed by state-authorized shooters this summer in an effort to stop...
FISHING --More than 100 spring chinook salmon not needed at a northern Idaho hatchery have been released into a creek to spawn naturally, giving a boost to the fishery one way or another. Eric Barker of the Lewiston Tribune reports that workers with Dworshak National…
TRAILS -- A volunteer work party to thin brush and prune trees to reduce fire danger on a portion of the South Hill bluff is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 30, organized by Friends of the South Hill Bluff. "Fires on the bluff threaten the whole...
FISHING – Simplifying Washington’s fishing regulations is the goal of 13 proposals that will be presented at public meetings across the state by Fish and Wildlife Department fish managers. Public comment on a proposed package of simplified recreational fishing regulations for freshwater species, such as…
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