WDFW Shifts Pheasant Releases Due to Fire Damage

Washington State wildlife managers plan to release thousands of pheasants at the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area in Thurston County this year, but not in the area ravaged by a wildfire that swept across 345 acres south of the creek last month. Fortunately, firefighters prevented the blaze from jumping Scatter Creek, so we can still have a hunting season in the wildlife area, said Christopher White, WDFW pheasant manager for the wildlife area. We had to improvise a bit.The season will get underway Sept. 23-24 for hunters under age 16, followed by... READ MORE