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“A lot of fun”: Yakama Nation biologists partner with college students to pull lamprey from drying canal’s mud

October 31, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

About a dozen Heritage University students joined biologists from the Yakama Nation’s Pacific Lamprey Project last week to save more than 1,000 young lamprey from the mostly-drained Wapato Irrigation Canal. Read story

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge event gives kids a shot at duck hunting

October 26, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

In the half-light of dawn three mallards came swinging in over the decoys. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: lower Columbia River, tributary summary for week of Oct. 14-20

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

October 26, 2024, 5:30am Outdoors

On the lower Columbia River between Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 137 salmonid boats and 21 Washington bank rods tallied on Oct. 19. Read story

Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think sovideo icon

Dave&rsquo;y Lumley, left, and Noah Sampson of Yakama Nation Fisheries survey for new lamprey sites near the mouth of the Lewis River in Woodland on Sept. 25.

October 19, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each step, she carefully scanned the water in front of her, holding two hockey sticklike probes just under the surface. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: lower Columbia River, tributary summary for week of Oct. 7-13

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

October 19, 2024, 5:25am Outdoors

On the lower Columbia River between Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 291 salmonid boats and 41 Washington bank rods tallied on Oct. 12. Read story

Columbia Land Trust staffers David Cook, from top Elizabeth Martin and Sanoe Keliinoi work to move western pearlshell mussels Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on Wildboy Creek near the former site of Kwoneesum Dam. The mussels were moved downstream to a temporary home before the dam was removed and are now being moved back further up Wildboy Creek.

‘A significant milestone’: Camp Kwoneesum Dam is gone but work to reshape the land continuesvideo icon

Columbia Land Trust staffers David Cook, from top Elizabeth Martin and Sanoe Keliinoi work to move western pearlshell mussels Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, on Wildboy Creek near the former site of Kwoneesum Dam. The mussels were moved downstream to a temporary home before the dam was removed and are now being moved back further up Wildboy Creek.

October 16, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

The past five months have brought a lot of changes to the remote forestland that once housed Camp Kwoneesum Dam. Read story

An elk infected with CWD displays the typical symptoms of the disease. While elk are susceptible to CWD, they rarely develop the high prevalence within their herds that deer do.

Chronic wasting disease detected in Washington deer

An elk infected with CWD displays the typical symptoms of the disease. While elk are susceptible to CWD, they rarely develop the high prevalence within their herds that deer do.

October 12, 2024, 5:45am Latest News Subscriber Exclusive

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer has arrived in Washington. The first positive test came from a deer in Spokane County, in Game Management Unit (GMU) 124. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: lower Columbia River, tributary summary for week of Sept. 29-Oct. 6

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

October 12, 2024, 5:25am Outdoors

On the lower Columbia River between Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 119 salmonid boats and 25 Washington bank rods were tallied between the I-205 bridge and Willow Grove on Oct. 3. Read story

Razor clams harvested just south of the Oysterville approach at the northern end of Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County.

Seven dig days approved for clammers next week

Razor clams harvested just south of the Oysterville approach at the northern end of Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County.

October 12, 2024, 5:20am Latest News

Seven days of coastal razor clam digs beginning Tuesday, Oct. 15 were formally approved, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. Read story

Three Idaho hunting guides face felony Lacey Act charges after federal officials say they illegally led hunts and falsified documents to Idaho and Wyoming wildlife officials.

3 Idaho hunting guides face federal charges. Here’s what U.S. attorney says they did

Three Idaho hunting guides face felony Lacey Act charges after federal officials say they illegally led hunts and falsified documents to Idaho and Wyoming wildlife officials.

October 7, 2024, 2:55pm Life

Three Idaho hunting guides have been indicted by a grand jury in Pocatello on charges of violating federal and state laws in the deaths of around a dozen mountain lions. Read story