FISHING -- Washington fish managers have been pleading for anglers to visit the Tucannon River and catch and keep hatchery steelhead to reduce spawning competition with wild fish. They're emphasizing the point by upping the catch limit starting Wednesday and extending the Tucannon fishing season....
FISHING – Today President Trump signed an executive order that will begin to unravel some protections of the Clean Water Rule for headwater streams, according to Trout Unlimited. The national fish and water quality advocacy group is more than a little bit alarmed about the...
WILDLIFE — The public in general doesn't seem to understand the importance to avoid disturbing big game on their winter ranges, especially in tough winters such as this. Elk, deer and moose are basically starving and enduring the snow and cold by slowly burning their…
FISHING -- With the exception of Lenice Lake, most Columbia Basin trout lakes will be capped with ice when Washington's first lowland lakes trout season of the year opens on Wednesday. However, the eight impoundments along the Tucannon River are ice-free, stocked with hatchery rainbows...
FISHING -- Two deadlines are fast approaching for hunting and fishing in Montana. March 1 is the date 2017 fishing licenses are required. March 15 is the deadline to apply for elk and deer hunting permits. May 1 is the deadline to apply for moose,...
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