The 2025-2026 salmon fishing seasons, cooperatively developed by WDFW and tribal co-managers, were tentatively set Tuesday at the week-long Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) meeting held ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.

News; WA Government; Washington state’s costly salmon recovery effort heads toward mediation March 1, 2025 Updated Sun., March 2, 2025 at 8:46 p.m. Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, speaks with DSA ...

Dams have pushed salmon populations to the brink over the last century and destroyed traditional fishing areas like Cilelo Falls in eastern Washington. A rich fishing area that was the center of ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

Fees for hunting and fishing licenses hadn't risen since 2011. The increases came through the Legislature as lawmakers tried ...

New report comes as Washington is in drought, the already-low snowpack is quickly melting and once-rare toxic algae blooms ...

In 2005, the Puyallup tribe built a Chinook salmon hatchery, of which they have several, with help from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife by providing eggs.According to Blake Smith ...