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  • Clam season likely but numbers down

    Staff, Chinook Observer|Updated Sep 21, 2023

    OLYMPIA - On the up side, it appears likely there will be razor clam digging on the peninsula starting Sept. 29 through Oct. 2. On the down side, the number of clams has plummeted to less than a quarter of what there were in the pandemic-scuttled season of 2020-21. Of the four clamming areas on Washington's outer coast, a timely start to the season appears most likely here on the peninsula and on the Twin Harbors beach from approximately Tokeland to Westport, based on recent...

  • Wildfire spared endangered pygmy rabbit population

    Kalie Worthen of the Wenatchee World, Quincy Valley Post-Register|Updated Sep 21, 2023

    The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit population, nestled in recovery sites near Quincy, was spared from the Baird Springs Fire. The Pacific Northwest native endangered species resides primarily in two sites, Beezley Hills and Sagebrush Flats, in a coordinated recovery effort by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Baird Springs Fire "didn't hit any of our areas," said Jon Gallie, wildlife biologist for WDFW. "It was a nice bullet to dodge." The brush fire, which...