Fishing & Shellfishing Commercial fishing Commercial Dungeness crab fishery Puget Sound commercial crab fishery 2024/2025 Puget Sound commercial Dungeness crab fishery landings ...

Bighorn Sheep Surveys: Biologists Jeffreys and Eilers completed ground surveys for both the Swakane and Chelan Butte bighorn sheep herds. Ground surveys consist of biologists driving to pre-determined ...

Dusky Goose Survey: Biologist Stephens conducted goose surveys in Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties. No dusky geese were observed during the survey efforts. However, several groups of cackling geese were ...

Oak Creek Wildlife Area Elk Fence Repairs: Oak Creek Wildlife Area Natural Resource Worker Floyd continues to replace and repair elk fencing along the Hwy 12 corridor that was impacted by the Retreat ...

Western Gray Squirrel Surveys in Lewis County: Biologists Stephens and Holman conducted a third round of efforts in response to the presence of a dead western gray squirrel on U.S. Forest Service ...

Tucannon Bighorn Sheep: Wildlife Area Manager Dingman located the Tucannon bighorn sheep herd, and all six lambs are still alive. The herd has grouped back up down towards Merengo. Chronic Wasting ...

District 8 Wolf Monitoring- District 8 Wildlife Biologist Wampole and Scientific Technician Ogburn deployed remote trail cameras to monitor for over winter wolf activity in the district. Wenas ...

Lynx Research: Biologist Fitkin and the Home Range Wildlife Research crew wrapped up the first season of captures for this three-year project. All told, three adult lynx (two males and one female) ...

Columbian White-tailed Deer Recruitment Surveys: Biologists Stephens, Holman, and Aubrey conducted five surveys for Columbian white-tailed deer on Puget Island from mid-November to the end of December ...

Mule Deer Captures: In Game Management Units (GMU) 388 and 382, a total of 22 mule deer were captured by helicopter using vendor Leading Edge Aviation. These deer are part of a study identifying deer ...

Grouse wing barrel and elk hoof bin deployment: Biologists Holman, Stephens, Ott, and Bergh, along with Cowlitz Wildlife Area Manager Vanderlip and Assistant Manager Steveson, deployed grouse wing ...

Golden Eagle Rehabilitation: Biologist Anderson connected Wildlife Scientist Watson with PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff members regarding a juvenile golden eagle that was found wandering ...