March 12, 2026 8:03 am
Clark County, Outdoors, Sports 
A volunteer with the Vancouver Wildlife League releases a pheasant into the Shillapoo Wildlife Area west of Vancouver. The pheasants are raised by the Bob Oke Game Farm for the Western Washington Pheasant Release Program. (Terry Otto for The Columbian)
A local hunter approaches a dog pointing to a pheasant on the Shillapoo Wildlife Area west of Vancouver. The birds are raised at the Bob Oke Game Farm near Centralia. (Terry Otto for The Columbian)
A pair of volunteers releases pheasants for the Western Washington Pheasant Release Program. The state-run game farm that raises the birds is attempting to mitigate issues related to groundwater pollution from the farm. (Terry Otto for The Columbian)
The Bob Oke state run game farm near Centralia raises pheasants for the Western Washington Pheasant Release Program. The farm has come under scrutiny for nitrates found in the groundwater reportedly from the farm’s pheasant manure. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife)
Washington House Bill 2668, which would have provided substantial funding for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to look for an alternative site for the state-run Bob Oke Pheasant Game Farm near Centralia, did not pass in the recent legislative session.
However, there is some limited funding available to conduct a search as the WDFW continues with mitigation plans for the farm’s current location.
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