To all: a very Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New Year! I’m finally sort of back in the saddle after spending entirely too much time in the Cardiac ward at OHSU. Thanks for all the get well cards, phone calls and general support during the - Continue article...
We see the Fish & Wildlife Dept is still tinkering with the Master Hunter Program that started in the early 1990s. Last year they cancelled all existing members and started sort of fresh by requiring everyone to re-apply so a review of all - Continue article...
Strong return of Columbia River coho, Puget Sound pink salmon projected OLYMPIA – A return of more than one million Columbia River coho salmon – the largest run since 2001 – is expected to brighten fishing prospects this year - Continue article...
Sign-up for the next Hunter Education class will be at: Bob’s Sporting Goods Longview, WA Upstairs at the Housewares annex bldg. Friday – March 13th 5:00pm Class limited to 1st 50 to sign up. 15 minutes early arrival is - Continue article...
Our big event this month is the clean up and sealing of the pit blinds at the Ridgefield NWR on Saturday February 21st. Be there at 8 AM with your waders, buckets, shovel, cut-off jugs for baling out the blinds and a smile! We will do a thorough - Continue article...
Ducks Unlimited Banquet Feb 21, Rocky Mtn Elk Banquet March 14, NRA Banquet April 18 Bob’s Outdoor Show March 7 & 8, We have 8 volunteers signed up for booth duty. We will be featuring an Egg Bucket mock-up and the Shooting Range scale - Continue article...
We were supposed to get 15,000 steelhead Parr on 10 February but due to snow that morning the Skamania hatchery postponed delivery until the next day when the going was better for those heavy, water laden trucks. All the fish, averaging about - Continue article...
January 26 Mike Tyrrell, Ellis Anderson, Dick Miller and James Tomlinson distributed the 40,000 eyed eggs to 8 stream locations in the local Cowlitz River drainage. Average water temperature was about 39F. February 9 we started getting - Continue article...
For those interested in the annual delivery of our Steelhead. The Skamania Hatchery truck will be delivering 15,000 Steelhead Parr on Tuesday February10. They are scheduled to arrive at Drews Grocery & Shell Gas Station in Toutle between - Continue article...
STEELHEAD ACCLIMATION POND Skamania Hatchery plans to deliver 15,000 3 to 4 inch (Parr) Summer Steelhead to our acclimation pond on the South Fork Toutle River. The delivery will take place in early February. The Hatchery is concerned with - Continue article...