The complaint argued that commissioners violated state requirements for open meetings and records disclosure, and that they ...

Following the recent flooding in Western Washington, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has identified some of the likely impacts on fish and wildlife.

Significant flooding to fish hatcheries across Washington this month challenged hatchery staff in maintaining operations and ...

Although populations of bighorn sheep have been reintroduced in Washington since they disappeared 100 years ago, their future ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff apply tags and record data while sampling Chinook salmon at the Washougal River weir in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson makes his way through the room prior to being sworn in on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Photo by Ryan Berry/Washington State Standard) ...

Officers in Grays Harbor County are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who illegally shot and wasted a cow elk in the Bishop Athletic complex on Saturday.

One by one, four fluffy white ferruginous hawk chicks emerged from eggs in a nest near Touchet at the start of this month, their hatchings documented by a trail camera. Biologists with the Washington ...

Wildlife officials in Washington and Idaho are seeking information after two bighorn sheep were found illegally shot and ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is widely seen as “dysfunctional” and needs to be reformed, according to a report by the William D. Ruckelshaus Center. The center, run by the University of ...

If you told me two years ago that I would be writing a piece to defend the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, I’d have questioned your sanity. My criticism of them over the past five years has ...