State lawmakers, responding to last year's deadly shooting of a hiker by a 14-year-old boy, are working to close a loophole that allowed young hunters to go out into the woods alone. And the state's hunting community says it is behind the effort to raise the minimum age for unsupervised hunting.
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"Fishing prospects are looking up, and just in time," says Steve Thiesfeld, a fish biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).