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Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to make its way through Washington. The latest detection was confirmed Friday, in a backyard flock in Snohomish County. The Washington State Department of Agriculture is responding to the outbreak and urging flock owners to devote all efforts to protecting uninfected flocks, especially keeping domestic flocks isolated from wild waterfowl ... Read Mor

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled a host of prescribed burns for the eastern portion of the state for the month of April. The burns will take place on WDFW wildlife areas in an effort to reduce the risk of future wildfires as well as reduce the severity of wildfires when they occur ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is taking comments on a proposed rule change to address wolf-livestock conflicts. In September 2020, Governor Jay Inslee directed WDFW to initiate rule making, with the goal of reducing the number of livestock killed or injured by wolves ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have given the go-ahead for the next round of razor clam digs on coastal beaches beginning Sunday, October 3rd. The announcement comes after the state Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that marine toxin levels are within allowable limits and razor clams from all open beaches are safe to eat ...

On Thursday, the Washington Department of Ecology announced emergency drought grants to help farmers, local pulbic health agencies as well as threatened fish species. The $750,000 in grant funding was made available on July 28th, when Ecology adopted an emergency drought funding rule ...

The Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project, a partnership between Trout Unlimited and Fish and Wildlife, is looking to partner with producers and other landowners who are having issues with beavers. Kodi Jo Jaspers with Trout Unlimited said their work is focused on re-establishing beavers where appropriate, offering beaver dam analogs and helping homeowners needing to cohabitate with or re-locate beaver

According to the latest numbers from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the wolf population in Washington continued to grow in 2020. WDFW's annual report, released late last week shows the minimum count of wolves reached its highest levels since the species began returning to the state ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will soon release a proposed 2021 salmon fisheries package that could include limits on some opportunities. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Kyle Adicks said this annual conversation focuses on meeting conservation objectives. “This year ...

On Friday, Governor Jay Inslee sent a letter to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to initiate a new rulemaking process when it comes to wolf management. Last week’s letter comes following an appeal from the Center for Biological Diversity challenging WDFW’s current wolf management rules. CBD claim ...

Last week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed the two known remaining members of the Wedge wolf pack. The Department confirmed the killing of the adult male and adult female Thursday. WDFW said the former Stevens County pack was responsible for 16 depredations, with the last one coming August 1st ...