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Birdwatching There’s a new kid on the block: the evening grosbeak

The new kid on the block is heavy set and yellow bodied. The male has a large, dark…

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State safeguards for large whales and weasel up for review

OLYMPIA — State wildlife managers want citizen opinions on whether to continue endangered species protection for large whales…

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Birdwatching The mallard: duck extraordinaire

The mallard is considered “common to abundant” on the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and the Long Beach Peninsula…

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Minke whale carcass washes ashore

KLIPSAN BEACH — A deceased Minke whale washed ashore midway up the Peninsula over Memorial Day weekend. A…

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States may OK sturgeon retention for 1st time since 2014

OLYMPIA — The Washington and Oregon departments of fish and wildlife will invite public comments at an informational…

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Spring Chinook return downgraded to half of early season prediction; angling closed

COLUMBIA RIVER — A regional advisory committee that forecasts Columbia River salmon runs so fisheries managers can set…

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Birdwatching Black-bellied plovers are sentinels of the beach

Our coastal beach is alive with shorebirds these days! One of the largest birds among those smaller than…

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Steelhead season delayed as fish counted lag

Fishery managers have postponed the annual fishery for hatchery steelhead and jack Chinook salmon from Tongue Point upriver…

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Birdwatching: Beautiful canvasbacks will amaze you

I have mentioned previously that some the earliest migrants to the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and the Peninsula…

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Fisher kings

Interlaced with hundreds of square miles of rivers, estuaries, bays, creeks, lakes and ponds, Pacific County contains some…

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