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- Free Fishing Weekend returns to Washington June 6–7 (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/21/2026
- Keep orcas in the game: Boaters must stay 1,000 yards from endangered Southern Resident killer whales (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/21/2026
- The Cascade River to open for hatchery spring Chinook May 22–26, then reopen June 3–July 15 Wednesdays–Saturdays only (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/19/2026
- North Fork Nooksack River to open for hatchery spring Chinook (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/19/2026
- WDFW will only accept card or check for in-person payment beginning in June (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/18/2026
- Tulalip Terminal Area opens Fridays and Saturdays beginning May 22 (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/18/2026
- Thurston County business pleads guilty to illegal sale of elephant ivory figurine (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/15/2026
- Upper Skagit River to open for hatchery spring Chinook (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/15/2026
- WDFW extends special hunt application submission deadline to May 27 (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/14/2026
- Snake River Spring Chinook Fishery Change (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/13/2026
- WDFW seeks public comment on draft status review of streaked horned lark (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/13/2026
- Columbia River to open for additional spring Chinook retention days (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/13/2026
- Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to hold special Fish and Big Tent committee meetings on May 14 (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/08/2026
- WDFW invites public feedback on 2027-2028 coastal recreational bottomfish fisheries and optional Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) halibut fishing dates in June (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/07/2026
- Rainbow trout lost to botulism at Eells Springs Fish Hatchery (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/06/2026
- Volcano Awareness Month includes in-person, online events (mil.wa.gov) - 05/05/2026
- March/April Director’s Bulletin (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/05/2026
- Recreational spot shrimp fisheries will not open in several Puget Sound marine areas; some non-spot shrimp fisheries will open on June 1 (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/05/2026
- Recreational shrimp fisheries for spot shrimp will not open in Marine Area 11 or in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2. Some recreational non-spot shrimp fisheries open June 1. (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/05/2026
- WDFW Police seized 16 illegally trafficked invasive newts carrying potentially deadly pathogen from Whatcom County man (wdfw.wa.gov) - 05/04/2026