A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to issue a final Endangered Species Act-listing determination for the California spotted owl under the by April 30
An effort this fall to find spawning lake trout, and their eggs, in north Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille has come up empty.
Lower Columbia River gillnetters told the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission last week that fishery harvest reforms initiated in 2013 are not working economically, while salmon and steelhead anglers accused the commission of vacating its promise to get gillnetters off the river.
Puget Sound is not doing well, says the 2021 State of the Sound Report issued by the Puget Sound Partnership.
A fish introduced to Lake Roosevelt over 60 years ago has become the darling of some Northwest anglers, but also a growing predatory threat to salmon and steelhead smolts in the Snake River, according to state and tribal fisheries biologists speaking at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s October meeting.
About half the salmon populations in British Columbia and the Yukon are below their long-term average spawner abundance, according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which released its third State of the Salmon report last week.
Less favorable ocean conditions mean marbled murrelet chicks take longer to leave the nest, making them more vulnerable to predation, according to a new study of the iconic Pacific Northwest seabird by Oregon State University scientists.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is inviting public comments on proposed changes to the current “caught-in-the-act provision” around lethal removal of wolves caught attacking livestock.
A midsummer change to reservoir operations at McNary Dam near the Tri-Cities in Washington was successful at helping western and Clark’s grebes nesting and rearing, according to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
The threat from this harmful aquatic invasive species remains substantial.
A round-up just downstream from Idaho’s Sawtooth Hatchery in late September gathered the last of the endangered sockeye salmon to arrive in the Salmon River near Stanley.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this month a new kindergarten curriculum centered around “Many Places, Many Lives,” an illustrated poetry collection that introduces students to wildlife of Washington and the habitats where they live. This new lesson bundle is part of the Department’s Wild Washington curricula: standards-based unit plans designed for kindergarten,...
A federal submittal says agencies will do the work necessary to correct “legal deficiencies” in 2005’s biological opinion on the operation of upper Snake River irrigation projects, and offers a brief outline of progress reporting tasks and schedule.
Water birds in the Columbia River basin consume large numbers of out-migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead every year. Three government management plans targeting four avian predator breeding colonies have met with mixed results, according to a recent report by Northwest experts.
Black bears are generally wary of people and spend most of their time in wild country where they can find the food, water, and cover they need to survive.
Several California bighorn sheep along the John Day River have recently tested positive for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi), the respiratory pathogen associated with pneumonia outbreaks in wild sheep.
Hot late August and early September chinook salmon fishing could force closure of that sport fishery on the lower Columbia River mainstem as early as next week, according to Oregon and Washington officials.
Canada began releasing water from Lake Okanagan last week to help raise water levels in Lake Osoyoos to aid juvenile salmon that rear in the lake, according to the Washington Department of Ecology.
Research indicates that coyotes enjoy the benefits of urban areas enough to put up with all the people, and Seattle is no exception. Food is abundant and predators are few.
Over the past century, coyotes have colonized every major metropolitan area in North America. Chicago is home to an estimated 4,000 coyotes, and in Los Angeles, urban coyote density is at least seven times higher than in wild areas. Coyotes are often spotted in parks and neighborhoods throughout Seattle, but the lack of formal data makes it difficult for researchers to track trends.
The Center for Biological Diversity says that according to new information it has obtained the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has lost 36% of its staff under the Trump administration, dropping from 9,957 to 6,333 total staff between 2024 and 2026. “These staff cuts are a cruel disaster for America’s endangered species and wildlife refuges,” […]
A new book of essays from more than 30 salmon scientists, policy analysts and wild salmon advocates suggesting ways to save runs of wild salmon has been published by the American Fisheries Society – and some of the prescriptions are certain to raise a few eyebrows.
Idaho Fish and Game recently received reports of sick and dead whitefish on the South Fork of the Snake River, and biologists surveyed the river to gauge the extent of the kill, and which fish are involved.
Traditional field research combined with new technology has revealed a secret to the survival of juvenile salmon as they form in their eggs, especially in low-water years when many do not survive, new research from NOAA Fisheries and the University of California, Davis shows.
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon are California’s most endangered salmon, with a single surviving population and an average of a few thousand returning fish in recent decades. Shasta Dam blocks their original habitat in cold mountain rivers draining Mount Shasta, leaving them to spawn in the low-lying Sacramento River heated by the summer sun.
Northern spotted owl populations are approaching or have already crossed functional extinction across large areas of the Pacific Northwest, a new study found. Researchers used artificial intelligence and advanced monitoring methods to assess long-term trends at an unprecedented scale.
While northern spotted owl populations have declined for decades, this study identifies where populations are at or near functional extinction, meaning numbers are so low that they no longer play a meaningful ecological role or cannot reproduce enough to persist. It also provides detailed population data on barred owls, which outcompete northern spotted owls for prey and habitat.
Wind farms have received heat in recent years for their potential to harm wildlife, a notable issue in western North America where some farms are located near populations of protected bald eagles and golden eagles. A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, “Behavioral Responses of Large Soaring Raptors to Audio Deterrents at...
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