“Years ago, Ben killed his first bear with a pocketknife—and in the fifty years that followed, he killed several thousand more.” MANY OF MY FRIENDS had told me not to see the old man at all. “He’s ...

Washington’s cougar hunting rules have been rewritten. In a virtual meeting Friday, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to approve a new suite of cougar hunting rules after months of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted 7-2 to approve a petition to protect cougars and bears through amended state hunting rules. As a result of the Friday evening vote ...

A slim majority of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has proposed ratcheting down on hunting cougars. Wildlife advocates have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to repeal ...

A coalition of environmental groups is urging Washington to undo some recent changes to cougar and black bear hunting rules, arguing the tweaks have led to too many of the animals being killed.

SALT LAKE CITY — Wildlife organizations are suing the state of Utah over concern for the state’s mountain lion population. The Western Wildlife Conservancy and the Mountain Lion Foundation filed the ...