WDFW reports a new confirmation of chronic wasting disease in a buck harvested in the same area where the always-fatal deer family disease was confirmed in three whitetails last year.

“We solved this case thanks to the tenacity of Officer McOmber and the contact he made with Pratt,” said WDFW Police Captain Dan Chadwick. “This is just another example of our officers’ commitment to thorough investigations. In this case the officer spent months working the investigation, putting all the pieces together, which ultimately concluded in a confession.”   

Fresh fall stockers. Free fishing. Both are on tap next week as WDFW and ODFW provide anglers late-season opportunities to …

NWTF volunteers and WDFW teamed up to enhance wildlife habitat on the Yakima Valley’s Sunnyside Wildlife Area – where they also spotted 60 to 60 of the big upland birds, “an encouraging reminder of the value of this work.”

WDFW provides more details on its new digital licensing app for fishermen and hunters to carry on their phones and which will launch for the 2026 license year, which begins April 1.