Palouse Falls State Park has planned a visitor appreciation picnic May 17 to encourage visitation to the 200-foot-long waterfall.

The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program has opened on the Columbia and Snake rivers in an effort to cut the number of the predatory fish.

There’ll be more than a little plinking May 17 at the Rattlesnake Mountain Shooting Ranges.

MOSES LAKE Two-time National Junior Casting kids champion Kiana Clark of Richland reeled in 15.6 pounds of fish at the Junior Bassmasters 2008 Washington State Championship at Pier 4 Sunrise Resort in Moses Lake.

It’s the time of year when setting up camp for the night doesn’t seem to be such a crazy idea: The morning air is as invigorating as a cup of coffee and the wildlife and wildflowers are springing to life.

Local salmon anglers will have a rare dual opportunity May 1.

Fishing for hatchery-raised chinook salmon starts May 1 on the Yakima River from the Interstate 182 bridge in Richland upstream to the Highway 224 bridge at Benton City, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday.

An event in Kennewick next month will take young people and their families on an outdoor expedition.

Members of the Columbia Basin Bass Club are fishing for a cause this weekend.

Einstein is a recluse, but that’s not unusual for a beaver.

LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. -- Kennewick's David Kromm took second place at The Bass Federation 2008 Western Divisional Championship on Friday.

Turkey hunters might need their pac boots in some areas of northeastern and southeastern Washington for the opening of the spring season.

Kennewick’s Stan Toland should have been at his chemotherapy treatment session Friday.

It’s now illegal to use a TV as a target or camp over 21 straight days on state Department of Fish and Wildlife lands.

Your hunting partner may be in need of its own spring training.

They won’t be dining on elk tenderloins in red wine sauce, but the needy in the Tri-Cities soon will have game meat on the menu because of a local sportsmen’s group.

It's now illegal to use a TV as a target or camp over 21 straight days on state Department of Fish and Wildlife lands.

The Tri-Cities area chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Battelle Auditorium in Richland.

Columbia River anglers should have more opportunities to catch spring chinook salmon higher upstream this year under fishing seasons adopted by fishery managers from Washington and Oregon.

Joe Kassuba crafts tools for the serious angler. In a small shop behind his Kennewick home, Kassuba creates custom fishing rods that his customers say are comparable or superior to high-end products made by premium rod manufacturers, and at less cost.

DODGE, N.D. -- A dozen steps into a field of thigh-deep grass, we knew we weren't in Washington any longer.