2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (990+ words) Published 1: 57 pm Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Surly public comments are a staple of Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meetings, revealing the deeply personal stakes of those fighting over how far the state should go in protecting various species or allowing for hunting…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (975+ words) Published 7: 48 pm Sunday, April 5, 2026 By Andrea Watts The Daily World The fact that harvested razor clams are safe to consume and that digs haven't been canceled as frequently as in previous decades is due in part to the Olympic Region…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (973+ words) Published 6: 49 pm Sunday, April 5, 2026 By Jeff Clemens For the Observer WILLAPA RIVER " Willapa Willy, the wayward juvenile gray whale that spent days lost up the Willapa River outside of Raymond, died Saturday, April 4, after eluding an epic search effort and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (134+ words) Published 10: 08 pm Sunday, March 29, 2026 By Madeline Kalbach/For the Observer This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild shoots in the gardens break out of the helpless earth, And flicking buds like sparks instigate the birch To…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (147+ words) Published 8: 23 am Monday, March 16, 2026 By Dr. Madeline Kalbach/For The Observer Now is the time of year to clean out nesting boxes. Chestnut-backed chickadees are already going in and out of our nesting boxes. It seems as though they are…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1207+ words) Published 2: 27 pm Monday, March 9, 2026 By Henry Brannan/Murrow Fellow ELOCHOMAN RIVER VALLEY " Investment companies have whittled away the land hunters can use in Wahkiakum and Pacific counties. Access to tens of thousands of acres of locally treasured, longtime hunting grounds…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1359+ words) Published 4: 40 pm Monday, March 9, 2026 By Henry Brannan/Murrow News ELOCHOMAN RIVER VALLEY " An investment company co-founded by a 21st -century German prince is joining other timber industry goliaths in gobbling up and shutting down access to hunting land in Wahkiakum and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (262+ words) Published 3: 31 pm Sunday, March 8, 2026 By Dr. Madeline Kalbach/For the Observer I have been birding my patch a lot lately. My patch is the Long Beach Peninsula and what a place it is. Ilwaco was the focus one day last…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1305+ words) Published 12: 34 pm Saturday, February 14, 2026 OLYMPIA " Two members of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission are pushing back on newly surfaced allegations that they shunned government transparency laws and appeared to have colluded with the leader of a wildlife advocacy group…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (233+ words) Published 12: 06 pm Sunday, February 8, 2026 By Dr. Madeline Kalbach/For the Observer For over 100 years, North America and many other parts of the world have made the birds in their area count by participating in the Christmas Bird Count. The count…...