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January 22, 2026
Columbia fall chinook outlook remains solidSubscriber Exclusive
The WDFW has released its fall chinook outlook for 2026, with the final projections expected to be released in mid-February.
The WDFW has released its fall chinook outlook for 2026, with the final projections expected to be released in mid-February.
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced a new public survey to investigate the impacts of its 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Recent storms that brought heavy rains to Southwest Washington left behind a swath of environmental damage from Randall and Packwood along the Cowlitz River to several county parks along the Lewis and East Fork Lewis rivers.
Parks leaders are celebrating the city of Vancouver’s official acquisition of a 14.3-acre parcel of undeveloped, forested land in east Vancouver set to become the city’s newest community park.
Dr. Margaret Wild, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine scientist heading up the effort to study hoof disease in elk, will soon be retiring.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife set aside the permanent regulations on Wednesday that would have allowed the opening of sturgeon retention in the Bonneville and The Dalles Pools on Jan. 1.
Sales of Washington’s pass to access state parks and other recreation areas fell after an Oct. 1 price hike, but fee collections increased.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking to buy land in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties to improve fishing access, the department announced recently.
Icehouse Lake, located at the Washington end of the Bridge of the Gods at Cascade Locks, was empty. The fisher folks that usually line up along the Highway 14 shore were nowhere to be seen.
Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.