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State Representative Joel Kretz says environmentalists wanting wolves to remain on the state endangered list aren't seeing the big picture.

WDFW Commissioners have approved the Rendezvous - Golden Doe Forest Restoration Project to thin trees on about 464 acres.

Bighorn sheep, mule deer, and mountain goats will be captured and fitted with GPS collars, before being released back into the wild.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife closed all fishing in the Nooksack River, including all forks, this weekend.  The closure will remain in place until further notice.   WDFW said hatchery steelhead returns to the Kendall Creek Hatchery on the North Fork Nooksack are well short of broodstock needs.  Prohibiting ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and a host of conservation organizations are offering a reward of $51,400 to anyone with information about the illegal killing of six wolves in Stevens County.  WDFW investigators say the wolves, all from the Wedge Pack, were poisoned earlier this year.  Fi...

With the fall migration underway across the nation, the state of Washington is preparing for an uptick in highly pathogenic avian influenza cases. Veterinarians predict newly infected wild birds will join the already infected, resident wild waterfowl populations: increasing the risk of transmission to backyard flocks...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning a prescribed fire in Chelan County next month. The Department has announced a burn on 500 acres in the Colockum Wildlife Area, which is 20 miles southeast of Wenatchee. Prescribed fires are used in wildlife areas to reduce the risk and severity of future wildfires, and improve habitat for wildlife...