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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is in the early stages of planning a habitat restoration project on the South Unit of the Shillapoo Wildlife Area that would reestablish a connection between floodplain wetlands and the Columbia River.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
The approximately 2,420 acres Shillapoo Wildlife Area, located within the floodplain of the Columbia River in Clark County, is managed as three separate units. Annual flooding and scouring, which formed the area's topography, has been substantially reduced due to hydropower, irrigation, and flood control projects upstream. The area is currently a mix of agricultural land and developed pasture intermixed with fragmented pieces of natural habitat of varying quality. Himalayan blackberry and Ree...| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 28, to discuss plans for a habitat restoration project on the Shillapoo Wildlife Area in Clark County.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Action: Reduces the sockeye daily limit and the number of days open to fishing. Species affected: Sockeye salmon. Effective date: July 7 through Aug. 31, 2025.Specific Locations, dates, and daily limits: The I-182 Bridge at Richland to the boundary markers 650’ below the fish ladder at Priest Rapids Dam:| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
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WDFW submitted its largest operating budget request totaling over $130 million and 30 separate decision packages, as well as a $998 million capital budget request for the 2025-27 biennium. Information about the Department's 2025 requests for legislation will be available on our legislative priorities webpage.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
If you find a suspected European green crab or its shell in Washington, take photos and report it as soon as possible using the form below. At this time, we are not asking the public to kill suspected green crabs. This may sound counterintuitive but is intended to protect native crabs from cases of mistaken identity. As a Prohibited species, it is illegal to possess a live European green crab in Washington.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
In the 2021-23 biennium budget, the Washington State Legislature allocated $1.68 million, known as the “Quicksilver Proviso,” on a onetime basis, to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). This funding was intended to begin implementing recommendations from the Quicksilver Portfolio, a framework developed between 2017 and 2020 by the Puget Sound Steelhead Advisory Group (PSSAG) and WDFW to restore Puget Sound steelhead and fisheries.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
In 2007, steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Puget Sound Distinct Population Segment (DPS) were listed by NOAA Fisheries as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) staff are considering lethal removal of a wolf or wolves from the Columbia wolf pack territory in southeast Washington in an effort to change pack behavior.As of Jan. 2, 2025, staff have investigated six confirmed and six probable depredation events in the pack territory in Columbia County, resulting in two dead and 10 injured livestock impacting four different livestock producers within a 10-month period.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
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Domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin produced by certain types of algae, can be harmful or even fatal to humans if consumed in sufficient quantities. The toxin has disrupted crab and razor clam fisheries in Washington in recent years.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Find a beach to harvest clams, mussels, and oysters and learn if there are any health advisories closing harvest.| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife