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Everyone needs to go fishing at least once. If your kids haven't gone, the perfect opportunity is coming up this Saturday (April 23). It's the Kids' Fish-In Derby at Sarg Hubbard Park's Reflection Pond along the Yakima Greenway, and it's going to be a lot of fun!

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A bear cub found badly burned in a massive Washington wildfire two years ago is surviving her first winter in the wild, but the orphaned cub released with her has been killed. Rich Beausoleil with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says radio-tracking collars shows the black bear nicknamed Cinder is nesting like other females her age. But...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says it will reopen recreational crab fishing in the Seattle-Bremerton area for the month of December. Marine Area 10 has been closed since the summer crab fishing season ended in early September...

NACHES, Wash. (AP) — State and federal biologists plan to euthanize wild bighorn sheep in the Naches area to curb the spread of a deadly pneumonia outbreak. Richard Harris of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says biologists will spend the next several weeks removing sheep from the Tieton herd, about 10 miles west of Naches...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state wildlife agents are preparing to kill up to four more gray wolves in the northeast corner of the state after investigators said the pack has injured or eaten livestock. The Seattle Times reports seven environmental groups on Friday urged the director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to stop the wolf kill, saying the agency has not proved beyond a

A temporary shooting ban will take effect this weekend for the Wenas Wildlife Area. Signs indicating the ban went up Tuesday. Practice shooting will only be allowed from sunrise to 11 A.M.. The change comes in response to concerns about wildfires...

Introduce your child to the sport of fishing guided by experts and volunteers. The Yakima Kids’ Fish-In takes place Saturday, April 28, at Reflection Pond in Sarg Hubbard Park. Fishing times are from 9:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The Kids' Fish-In is hosted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Yakima Greenway Foundation...

A single, state recreation land pass now can be used on either of two motor vehicles, thanks to new legislation signed today by Gov. Chris Gregoire. The change takes effect immediately. Holders of previously issued annual passes may enter a second vehicle license number on their existing pass...

The Yakima Kids’ Fish-In takes place Saturday, April 28, at Reflection Pond at Sarg Hubbard Park, Yakima Greenway.   Fishing times are from 9:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.   The Fish-In is hosted by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Yakima Greenway Foundation. ...

A Kittitas County resident has been fined for changing the channel of Manastash Creek and causing extensive damage to the shoreline and creek bed on property northwest of the creek at Brown Road. Trees and other vegetation were removed from 700 feet of the shoreline, and the course of the creek was repositioned approximately 25 feet to the south without proper permits from county, state and