Michael Wright

The final hunt of the season went about as well as most of the others. I followed the dog with optimism, punching through sagebrush and cattails and willows, thinking there would eventually be a bird somewhere in the scablands that felt like flying within shooting range.

It was a great year for upland bird hunters in Washington.

The first time Angel told me to cast it was off to my left, into a patch of bright blue water. It was the second day of 2025, and we were standing on the front of a panga in Ascension Bay, a pocket of the Caribbean on the southeastern side of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

A Ferry County woman has been named to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Two wolves in southeastern Washington were killed on Monday in response to a series of attacks on cattle.

Conflict between wolves and livestock hit a high in Washington in 2024.

Federal land managers plan to start charging day-use fees and increase overnight camping fees at a handful of sites in North Idaho later this year.