Hunters don’t need a team of researchers to tell us that making noise in the woods spooks game — we’ve known that for millennia. What we can’t always tell is how much racket wild critters will ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is closing 23,400 acres — about 36 square miles — of the Methow Wildlife Area for the third winter in a row to protect mule deer. The closures ...