The statue depicts Billy Frank Jr. wearing jeans, a button-down shirt and a bolo tie. Below his cowboy boots, salmon are ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced nine days of razor clam digs on coastal beaches, starting ...

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Berlin in springtime is like walking into a movie about a perfect small town where nothing bad ever happens. The streets are lined with trees that create a canopy of new leaves, dappling the sunlight ...

Tucked away on a quiet street in Tacoma stands Pacific Southern – an unassuming eatery that’s turning taste buds into true believers with Southern cooking so authentic you’ll swear you’ve been ...

On the March 15 flight count on the lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 32 salmonid boats and 15 Washington bank rods tallied between Warrior Rock ...

Fisher's itch sets in. People hoping to scratch the itch to fish the Spokane River between the Washington-Idaho border and ...

Washington's clam, oyster, and mussel seasons are now open, with resources provided by WDFW for a sustainable harvest.

For most of us, the best way to get into good fishing is to go find it.

It's taken almost three weeks into the season, but the first winter flounder catches on Shark River are starting to come in.

They may be remote, they may be small and they might not have as much to offer, but all of these least-visited parks are worthy of a little more attention. Evening at the Winchuck State Recreation ...