KATU - Outdoors - Fishing/Hunting

Biologists save fish after landslide

A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.

SC offering shoppers tax-free weekend on guns

South Carolina is the only state to designate a tax-free weekend during two of the year's biggest shopping days.

Idaho may consider extending wolf hunt season

Idaho wildlife officials are thinking about extending the wolf hunting season in certain hunting zones across the state.

Reward offered to help solve illegal elk kill

A reward of up to $1,000 is offered by the Oregon Hunter's Association for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.

Scientists recommend slightly lower pollock catch

Government scientists have come up with their recommendation for next year's allowable catch of Bering Sea pollock — the nation's largest commercial fishery.

Wolf hunt shut down in MT after quota filled

Montana is shutting down its first public hunt for gray wolves since their removal from the endangered species list after state officials said they expected to meet the season's quota of 75 by Monday evening.

New antennas help biologists study salmon

Crews have installed giant antennas in nearly two dozen rivers and streams across the region to track fish.

ODFW to add boost smolts to Youngs Bay

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to deliver an extra 250,000 spring chinook smolts to Clatsop County's Youngs Bay net pens next March, a move expected to improve survival and catch rates of salmon throughout the Columbia River and its tributaries.

Giant Humbolt Squid caught off shore

Python hunters bag 37 in Florida hunting season

Expert snake hunters snared 37 pythons in South Florida during a trial hunting season to eradicate the invasive species.