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Victor Garcia, Washington???s newest Fish and Wildlife commissioner, dies
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (416+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 26, 2026 By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Victor Garcia, a hunter, fisherman and retired teacher who was appointed to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission in April 2025, has died. Victor Garcia,…...
Judge upholds larger riparian buffers on state timberland
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (398+ words) Published 1:30 am Tuesday, August 25, 2026 By Don Jenkins Capital Press A Thurston County judge upheld larger riparian buffers on timberlands in Western Washington, affirming a rule that will take 200,000 acres out of timber production. In ruling from the bench Aug. 21, Superior…...
Bird watching with a chain saw — revenge of the fool hen
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (661+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 24, 2026 By Pat Neal The Daily World IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the forest, my favorite time of day. A time to revel in the absolute silence of the wilderness — while you can. Until the first trilling of…...
Gov. Spellman saves Puget Sound: ‘a national treasure’
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (789+ words) Published 1:30 am Friday, June 5, 2026 By John C. Hughes The Daily World Gov. John Spellman in 1982. DEAR READER: Our series of profiles in political courage continues today with John Dennis Spellman, a former Jesuit seminarian who fought patronage and racism as King…...
Birds, berries and fish: Answering the call of the Swainson’s thrush
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (640+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 3, 2026 By Pat Neal The Daily World THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has passed. The birds have returned from the distant south to our forests…...
A count worth waiting for: Western snowy plover population exceeds 3,000
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1475+ words) Published 1:30 am Monday, May 11, 2026 By Rebecca Fabbri For The Daily World The western snowy plover is a tiny shorebird with a gray back and dark patches on either side of the neck, behind the eyes, and on the forehead. Jerry…...
What they do in the shadows: a look at the hidden lives of hibernating bats
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (384+ words) Published 1:30 am Monday, April 20, 2026 By Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife A bat hibernating in a cave. Four Townsend’s big-eared bats hibernate together in a cave. These bats will hibernate in colonies, often with their large ears tucked and huddled…...
Habitat for wildlife passage between Olympics and Cascades secured
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) Published 1:30 am Monday, March 30, 2026 By The Chronicle staff Conservation Northwest is celebrating a major milestone on its way to coordinating the creation of a wildlife corridor between the Cascade Mountain range and the Olympic Peninsula. According to a news release…...
European Green crab causes WDFW regulations confusion
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) Published 1:30 am Friday, March 13, 2026 By Pat Neal The Daily World RECENTLY, THERE WAS a complaint about the inaccuracies of the column about National Invasive Species Week. It’s an international event dedicated to raising awareness about invasive species, the threats they…...
Calling all sea otters, but they may not defeat Willapa’s green crab invasion
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (767+ words) Published 1:30 am Monday, March 2, 2026 By Dan Driscoll For the Observer Gregory Smith / Wikimedia Commons Sea otters in a California estuary have proven to be an effective predators of invasive European green crab, but the same may not hold true in…...