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November 13, 2025

WDFW mulls buying land for public fishing

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.

November 6, 2025
Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky from Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership looks over an area along Salmon Creek planted with red-osier dogwood trees in February. Shade from trees is vital to stream health, according to recent data from Clark County’s Clean Water division. (The Columbian files)

Report finds Clark County’s rivers, streams getting warmer

Water temperatures in many of Clark County’s rivers and streams, especially in urban areas, continue to rise, according to the county’s most recent stream health report. That was the message Marlena Milosevich Butler of the county’s public works department shared at a water pollution symposium Tuesday.

October 30, 2025

Washougal High School to hold native plant sale

Washougal High School Green Team students will hold a native plant sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Excelsior Building parking lot at Washougal High.

October 9, 2025
Singed trees remain standing in the Columbia River Gorge’s Coyote Wall Recreation Area in mid-September, about six weeks after the Burdoin Fire. (Photos by Scott Hewitt/The Columbian)

Drastic change of scenery at Coyote Wall

BINGEN — In spring, you can count on the Columbia River Gorge’s Coyote Wall trail network to dazzle the eyes with crowded carpets of yellow and purple wildflowers. In the heat of summer, Coyote Wall’s jagged, tilting grassland dries out into a furrowed plateau of glowing gold.