Category Archives: News Digest

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: July 11, 2024

Northern barred owl

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Washington Fish & Wildlife News Index Washington Fish & Wildlife News National & International Fish & Wildlife News On the Lighter Side Washington Fish & Wildlife News Top News Inside Olympia – Claire Loebs Davis and Dan Wilson from […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: June 26, 2024

Photo credit: R. Dixon and H. Ulmschneider with USFWS

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Washington Fish & Wildlife News Index Washington Fish & Wildlife News National & International Fish & Wildlife News On the Lighter Side Washington Fish & Wildlife News Petition to List Chinook Salmon on the Federal Endangered Species List A […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: May 28, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Washington Fish & Wildlife News Index Washington Fish & Wildlife News Grizzly Bears State Agency Reform Issues General Wildlife Management Cougars Wolves Fish Other Wildlife News On the Lighter Side Washington Fish & Wildlife News Top News Washington Fish […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: March 26-April 2, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Washington Fish & Wildlife News Wolves Inslee inks final Kretz bill on tribal cooperation. Jefferson Robbins, NCW Life. March 27, 2024. Governor Inslee has signed House Bill 2424, retiring Representative Joel Kretz’s bill to require cooperation between WDFW and […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: March 13-25, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Recap: Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission’s Meeting of March 14-16, 2024 The Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission met in Olympia last week, with committee meetings taking place on March 14 and the full Commission meeting held March 15-16. Please […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: February 27-March 13, 2024

Washington Cougar

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Legislative Update March 7, 2024 was the last day for bills to pass the Washington legislature this session. The following bills passed this session: Senate Bill 5931, which would designate salmon-killing 6PPD-quinone as a priority chemical and require the […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: February 10-20, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Weekend Cougar Attack On Saturday, February 17, a cougar attacked a woman in a group of five cyclists on a Tokul Creek trail near Snoqualmie. The 60-year-old woman sustained injuries around her face and neck and was admitted to […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: January 30-February 9, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Top Updates Southern Resident killer whale calf J60 is likely dead after failing to appear with the rest of the pod. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has denied endangered species protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: January 6-29, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Top Updates Govenor Jay Inslee ordered the Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission to begin rulemaking on livestock-wolf conflict. Read in more detail below. Recap: Wolf Advisory Group Meeting of January 9-10, 2024 The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s […]

Washington Fish and Wildlife News Digest: December 29, 2023—January 5, 2024

The digest is a roundup of news concerning fish and wildlife management in Washington and beyond. Top Updates Washington state legislators have introduced a bill to allow ranchers to shoot the first wolf returning to a predation site. Killer whale conservation groups and tribes continue to celebrate the new calf in the Southern Resident killer […]