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Jun. 5—OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed new legislation requiring Washington fishers to possess a recreational fishing license for freshwater smelt, crawfish and carp, according to a ...
Sep. 12—Wildlife feeding is now formally off-limits in parts of Spokane County under a new rule announced Thursday as part of the state's fight against chronic wasting disease. The Washington ...
EPA divers work to remove abandoned fishing gear from Puget Sound Trees falling off of cliffside at Whatcom County-managed Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve. There are county, state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of Washington.
It is located approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Olympia. It consists of two basins connected by a narrow neck. It is two miles (3.2 km) long and has two islands, Holmes Island (13 acres / 5.3 ha) and Kirby Island (2.4 acres / 1 ha). Long Lake is fed by Pattison Lake and drains via Himes/Woodland Creek and Lois Lake to Henderson Inlet. [2]
Since 2005, the Yakama Nation has been conducting a coho salmon and sockeye salmon reintroduction program primarily to improve the health of the ecosystem for salmon above the Cle Elum dam. Approximately 2000 adults were released into Cle Elum Reservoir and approximately 500 adults into Cooper lake, captured from Priest Rapids Reservoir .
Dec. 18—OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is opening a public comment period through Jan. 12. on its updated draft Conservation Policy, according to a Monday announcement ...
A BEG model is applied when a fishery harvests salmon in a manner that will allow managers to determine the desired spawning destination for that population of salmon. Sustainable Escapement Goals (SEGs) are the amount of escapement needed, specified by an index or escapement estimate; that is known to provide a sustainable yield over a period ...
Aug. 16—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will acquire 40 acres of land to be added to the Chehalis Wildlife Area a few miles southwest of Elma, expanding on swathes of wetlands ...