Washington wildlife managers plan to start a new study to figure out what’s ailing wapiti in the mountainous southeast corner of the state, this one focusing on the health of cow elk.

The 2025-26 Washington Coast winter steelhead season has been announced.

Anybody who’s ever been around a Northwest stream in fall can tell when the salmon are in just by the stench of washed-up, decomposing fish, but a new study shows that the presence of genetic material from ones still swimming upstream to the spawning grounds is detectable in the air as well.

Less than two weeks after striking out on a request for Washington wolves to help fuel his state’s voter-mandated reintroduction effort, Jeff Davis has “stepped down” as the director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife and is taking another role in state government there.

John Keizer, Tom Nelson, Paul Kim, Tommy Donlin and other expert anglers will lead fishing seminars at the January 30-February 7, 2026, Seattle Boat Show, organizers announced today.