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WASHINGTON — The Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission (WDFW) voted 7-2 in favor of petition asking for amendments to Washington bear and cougar general season rules Friday, Dec. 15.
Center for Biological Diversity: SEATTLE— In a win for wolves, Gov. Jay Inslee today directed the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to draft new rules to guide when wolves can be killed for conflict with livestock and prioritize using nonlethal methods of conflict deterrence over killing wolves.
Center for Biological Diversity: OLYMPIA, Wash.— Wildlife conservation groups today petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to amend state hunting rules for cougars and bears. The legal petition asks the commission to restrict killings of these ecologically important carnivores to avoid overexploitation and population declines, and to better align policy with agency science.
Center for Biological Diversity: SEATTLE— Conservation groups petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission Tuesday for rules requiring the use of nonlethal deterrence measures before killing wolves. The petition comes after the commission failed to adopt similar rules last year despite Gov. Jay Inslee’s order to undergo rulemaking.
A federal judge stopped a logging project in the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington, agreeing with a conservation group that the U.S. Forest Service didn't adequately review environmental impacts.