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Botulism Outbreak At Rearing Pond Leads To Large Loss Of Rainbow Trout -
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (477+ words) Nearly 167, 000 rainbow trout were sent to a private landfill instead of local lakes earlier this week due to an outbreak of botulism in their rearing pond at a WDFW hatchery in Mason County. According to WDFW, the outbreak traces back…...
Oregon Marine Board Advances Compromise Siletz River Motor Restriction Rulemaking -
1+ week, 5+ day ago (898+ words) BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE The Oregon State Marine Board will pursue a middle path on the Siletz and begin rulemaking to limit motors to 15 horsepower and speeds to slow/no wake on a portion of the river above…...
NWTF Smoot Hill Habitat Project Aims To Boost Cougar Country Turkey Population -
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (610+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS AS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION Near the small town of Albion, Washington, in the rolling farm country of the Palouse, NWTF volunteers recently put nearly 4, 000 trees and shrubs into the ground with…...
Washington's Wolves And A Hunt For'Social Tolerance -
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1616+ words) With wolf numbers reaching a point where statewide protections don't make sense anymore, here's a look at what a hunt might look like and how it could help advocates, ranchers and hunters get what they want. When it comes to…...
More Details On Skagit Dams Fish Passage, Relicensing Settlement Emerge -
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (198+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE A'landmark agreement with Tribes and federal agencies to guide the future of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project (Skagit Project) will be referred to Seattle'City Council for review and consideration…...
Funding Secured For Fish Passage Assessment On Dammed Umatilla River Tributary -
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (233+ words) THE FOLLOWING IS A JOINT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION PRESS RELEASE A $1 million federal investment will jump-start critical engineering and design work on fish passage and alternative solutions at Mc…...
Moose, Three-deer Tags To Be Auctioned Off At 26th Annual Seattle Sportsmen's Convention -
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (257+ words) Two Washington big game auction tags will be up for grabs at the 26th annual Seattle Sportsmen's Convention in early March. Organizers with the Seattle Sportsmen's Conservation Foundation and the Seattle Puget Sound Chapter of Safari Club International say they've secured…...
Sportsmen's Orgs, Others Cheer Secretarial Order Opening More Federal Land To Hunting, Fishing -
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) An order expanding hunting and fishing access to more public land managed under the umbrella of the federal Department of the Interior is being cheered by sportsmen's organizations and others in the fish and wildlife world. "We're cutting barriers and…...