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States close Columbia River salmon, steelhead seasons

ILWACO — Recreational salmon and steelhead fishing will close Saturday on the Columbia River from Buoy 10 to…

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Columbian white-tailed deer: No longer endangered in the Columbia floodplain

CATHLAMET — Decades of recovery work have paid off for the Columbian white-tailed deer in our area. Evidence…

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Free: Raccoon (dead)

A snapshot of 21st century life on the Long Beach Peninsula in the form of a notice placed…

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Fish & Feathers: Albacore season closing out with a bang

By Oct. 2, all other charter boats had put their fishing rods to bed for the season, but…

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Celebrate Willapa’s natural wonders

Willapa National Wildlife Refuge managers, staff and volunteers encourage the general public to visit the refuge from Oct.…

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Rare animal sighted on Long Beach Peninsula?

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Fish & Feathers: The true story of a documented cougar attack

While I was living in Enumclaw from 1975 to 1998 I met Washington Department Fish and Wildlife Enforcement…

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Birdwatching: Farewell to the western scrub-jay

I last wrote about the western scrub-jay in 2010. At that time there were two definitive populations of…

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Buoy 10 Chinook season extended through Sept. 30

ILWACO — Fisheries managers have again extended Buoy 10 Chinook salmon season, this time through Sept. 30, from…

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Fish & Feathers: Cougar suspected in Great Dane’s death

As new residents continue moving to the Long Beach Peninsula, confrontations between people and wild animals escalate. Just…

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