People were walking around this beautiful region long before it became known as Southwest Washington.
Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging opportunities on coastal beaches beginning March 26, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal shellfish managers confirmed ear...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/mar/23/six-days-of-clam-digs-approved-washington-beaches/
Columbia River and tributary fishery reports for week of March 11-17
LONGVIEW — Gov. Jay Inslee will sign a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with nets.
The coho salmon has already conquered the Ballard Locks fish ladder, swum 17 miles through urban Seattle waterways and powered through a tunnel under nine lanes of Interstate 405.
Scientists that have been researching Treponema-Associated Hoof Disease (TAHD) in elk have not found any magic pill to eliminate it, although there are some promising signs emerging from the data...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/mar/16/getting-a-foothold-on-elk-hoof-disease/
Mount Hood Meadows has announced it will extend its skiing season into the middle of May.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/mar/16/field-notes-meadows-extends-ski-season/
Fishing report for March 4-10
OLYMPIA — The development of Nisqually State Park outside Eatonville has been in the works for nearly four decades. Now, parks officials expect Washington’s newest state park to be nearly com...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has reduced the daily limits for 2024 spring Chinook fisheries in some Region 5 Columbia River tributaries and many anglers are not happy.
SEATTLE — Not since 2015 has Washington’s snowpack fallen so far below normal.
LONGVIEW — Thousands of eager anglers lined the banks of the Cowlitz River from Kelso to Castle Rock on Tuesday hoping to score a net full of smelt.
Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging opportunities on coastal beaches beginning March 7, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal shellfish managers confirmed toda...
There will be another opportunity to dip for smelt in the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved an additional one-day recreational fishery from 1 p.m. to 6 ...
Oregon and Washington state fisheries managers have finalized and announced the recreational spring Chinook salmon season on the Columbia River for 2024. Anglers will get to fish the big river fo...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/24/shorter-spring-chinook-season-off-and-running/
Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have scheduled several opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon seasons in 2024-2025, begin...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/23/field-notes-comments-sought-for-setting-salmon-seasons/
Razor clam diggers will have opportunities to hit the beaches starting next week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers confirmed Thursday.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/17/field-notes-clam-digs-set-for-next-week/
Washington reaped its fair share of benefits from the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/17/projects-in-washington-get-a-boost-from-federal-act/
Smelt-dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day recreational fishery on Thursday.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/12/one-day-cowlitz-river-smelt-dip-approved-for-thursday/
Hunting the spring season in the Northwest Goose Permit Zone is a hunting opportunity that does not see anywhere near as much hunting pressure as the regular goose seasons. It is a chance to hunt...
SEATTLE — Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new report from Canadian fisheries officials found.
Clark County students and residents will continue to have access to Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s education program for Vancouver Lake now that the county council has approved a 2½-year...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/feb/08/clark-county-council-approves-vancouver-lake-agreement/
Clark County Public Works closed areas of Daybreak Regional Park due to significant erosion and loss of bank-stabilizing trees on the riverbank of the East Fork Lewis River.
Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging on coastal beaches beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers confirmed this week.
Recent steady rainfall has melted away the snow and ice that blanketed Southwest Washington last week. While that’s good news for drivers tired of slippery roads and treacherous streets, it als...