August 31, 2001

• WDFW tests tangle nets for salmon in Willapa River, Columbia River
• WDFW researchers tracking lynx in Okanogan

August 27, 2001

• Chinook fishery will end; coho bag limit increased at Buoy 10
• Fish and Wildlife Department to offer aid to ranchers who lost grazing land in wildfires

August 23, 2001

• Fish and Wildlife Commission plans steelhead symposium
• Chinook season nears end on south coast but coho fishery still going strongm

August 21, 2001

• Drought update - Salmon fry deaths skyrocket

August 20, 2001

• Rules for removing cougars using dogs modified to better protect public safety
• Two changes in deer hunting rules for fall seasons

August 15, 2001

• Weighted flies banned on North Fork Stillaguamish River to protect wild spawning chinook

August 10, 2001

• Permit system for cougar removals on Commission agenda in Cle Elum

August 9, 2001

• Dungeness and lower Graywolf rivers closed to fishing, WDFW reminds anglers
• Black River boat launch to close through mid-September

August 8, 2001

• WDFW WEB ANNOUNCEMENT: Reminder– hunt raffle deadline August 12, 2001

August 6, 2001

• WDFW staff to teach outdoor skills at workshop
• Lake Wenatchee to open for sockeye salmon fishing Aug. 10, 2001

August 4, 2001

• Commission postpones public safety cougar removal improvements, adopts ban on robotic duck decoys, sets waterfowl hunting seasons

August 3, 2001

• Quilcene access site will close during estuary restoration
• WDFW warns anglers about bag limits on upper Columbiak

August 2, 2001

• Limited Elliott Bay sport fishery this weekend for Green River chinook
• WDFW warns Hoh River anglers about mishandling wild chinook

August 1, 2001

• State zebra mussel monitoring program seeks Northwest Washington volunteers