FISHING -- As expected, Washington fish managers have just announced more drought-related fishing restrictions affecting 38 streams, including a closure of the Kettle River and restricted hours for fishing on the Spokane River. The announcement after the Columbia River Compact's decision to set a moratorium...
FISHING -- First there were fishing restrictions in Western Washington and the early closure of the Grande Ronde spring chinook season because of low flows and warm water in salmon-steelhead streams. Today Washington and Oregon put a moratorium on Columbia River sturgeon fishing after reports…
FISHING -- As predicted in this blog post yesterday, Columbia fish managers are closing sturgeon fishing on the chance that it might reduce the number of big sturgeon that are mysteriously going belly up this month. Here's a video showing some of the carnage followed...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The number of cattle killed by wolves in the Chewelah Creek area of Stevens County in the first nine days of July has been increased from two to four, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said today. No cattle have been...
FISHING -- In this hot year of conflicting news about fisheries, here's another uplifting report from Joe Hymer, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife salmon expert, regarding the 2015 summer chinook run heading up the Columbia River from Another day, another record and closing in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I've been feeding about 50 hummers lately. I did some research and found if I doubled the sugar in the water, they would feed half as often. I tried it and found it to be so, after the first day. There is...
FISHING -- I've been hearing scattered complaints about "the Indians" netting salmon near the mouth of the Okanogan River since before the Upper Columbia sockeye and chinook fisheries opened on July 1. Sport fishing has been excellent, but some people apparently can't share the catch ...
FISHING -- How big was the 3,994 adult summer chinook count at Bonneville Dam on Tuesday? "It was the largest count for the date since at least 1939," says Joe Hymer, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife salmon expert in Vancouver. "The previous record was…
OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- This is the best summer in years to get your money's worth from an outdoor adventure in Canada. Canadian dollar falls to low not seen for more than 6 years Following the Bank of Canada's announcement that it was cutting a key…
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