OLYMPIA — Changes are coming to planned sockeye salmon fisheries throughout the Columbia River, as early return data shows abundances are much lower than preseason forecasts.
Clark County recently launched a new program intended to bring more activities and visitor services to county parks, but it comes with higher fees.
If you’ve taken a walk along the Columbia, Lewis or Washougal rivers, or any of the many tributaries that bring salmon to Clark County, you may have noticed an increase in the number of anglers and discarded salmon carcasses along the riverbanks in recent months.
Vancouver Trout Hatchery visitors can wander freely among ponds and pathways, stop to chat with staff members tending fish or watch trout grow in the water below.
Washington will permit the killing of a single gray wolf in the state’s northeastern corner following three suspected attacks on livestock.
Why are wonders usually marketed in sevens? That tradition seems to have started with the ancient Greeks, who observed seven celestial bodies (five planets plus sun and Moon) and regarded that number as the ultimate, perfect, complete amount — of anything.
Clark County will need to find additional funding sources — either through new fees, fee increases or other mechanisms — for the county’s 10 regional parks to remain open.
New research from a University of Washington scientist could give oyster farmers in Willapa Bay a fighting chance at battling burrowing ghost shrimp, little crustaceans that cause big problems. Biology professor Jennifer Ruesink published her findings last week.
With the help of volunteers and wildlife officials, the Oregon Zoo returned 22 endangered northwestern pond turtles to the Columbia River Gorge this week.
Ahead of the spring chinook mid-May Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) run update, the fisheries managers of Oregon and Washington opted in a bistate meeting last Tuesday to reopen the Columbia River for additional retention days over two weekends.
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