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The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing a forest-improvement timber sale next year in the Virginia Ridge and Wolf Creek areas, plus a small section near Mazama, a total of 750 acres.
The largest unit, about 390 acres, goes from the Methow River to Wolf Creek Road …
Despite concerns that 90 days was too rushed for a smooth transition of operations at the Methow and Wells fish hatcheries, the switch is nearly complete, with 10 people hired by the Douglas County Public Utility District (PUD) to run the two facilities…
Cooke Aquaculture, which raises Atlantic salmon at eight locations in the Puget Sound, has 60 days to repair net pens near Bainbridge Island, the Washington Department of Resources (DNR) told the company last week.
The discovery of problems at these net pens comes two months …
The Douglas County Public Utility District (PUD) is making substantial progress in its plans to assume management of the Methow and Wells hatcheries by the end of November.
The PUD has hired a supervisor for each hatchery and received enough résumés for hatchery specialists that it is …
Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and its director, James Unsworth, from killing any more gray wolves, which are listed as an endangered species by the state.
The suit, filed …
State wildlife officials are investigating the apparent poaching of a cow elk, after finding a severed head on Sept. 22 that appeared to be deliberately placed next to a U.S. Forest Service road in the Fawn Creek area.
“The disembodied head was neatly placed on the …
The Douglas County Public Utility District (PUD) is recruiting for 10 jobs at the Methow and Wells hatcheries, part of a plan to replace state workers with its own employees following the PUD’s decision to manage the hatcheries.
The PUD is …
Staffing and management of the state Methow Hatchery in Winthrop and the larger Wells Hatchery near Pateros are up in the air since the Douglas County Public Utility District sent a letter to the Washington Department …
Although the thousands of Atlantic salmon released when commercial nets ruptured are a long way from the mouth of the Columbia River — the portal to headwaters in the Methow Valley — state agencies responding to the crisis are proceeding as if it’s a real possibility that some fish could enter the Columbia.
With cooler temperatures, much of the Methow River remains open for catch-and-release trout fishing, and anglers can still fish for summer Chinook in the Columbia River near Brewster.
“This is the first time in years that the state has opened a season for …
