The Field & Streamer

COMMITTEE NEWS:

Big Game & Bird Season: The 2026-2027 Big Game Season Pamphlet is available online. No printed pamphlets are ready yet. Special Permit Applications Deadline is May 20, 2026.

Chukar Run Banquet: Tickets are now available online on our website www.kittitasfieldandstream.org for our June 13^th annual fundraiser!  See the website for more exciting information about this awesome and fun event. More information coming soon.

Durr Road Cleanup: Thank you to all the volunteers that came and did an awesome job on April 18^th! Club members worked hard and the final tally was 1,280 pounds of trash removed from the WDFW Wenas Wildlife Area shooting area. Hopefully this lower amount of trash (compared to prior years) means people are beginning to respect our public lands. Thanks to Brandon at Midstate Co-Op for donating 3 cases of bottled water; Kenny Pillow for donating a Porta-Potty; Kittitas County Solid Waste for giving us big garbage bags and free dumping; and Kittitas County Road Department (especially Ryan Berg) for grading the Durr Road for us!

Fish: The club donated $750 to Lazy F Camp so they would be able to fully stock their pond for the 5^th grade kids coming from the Ellensburg School District for 5^th Grade Camp in May! Thank you to our Fish Chair Amy McClelland for making this happen!

Land/Habitat/Roads: WDFW Whiskey Dick WLA will have road work being done on the Whiskey Dick Road at the “Corrals” entrance to the Cayuse Road intersection, and also from the Whiskey Dick Ridge Road to the Pumphouse Road. These roads will be closed until further notice for much needed repairs. We will let you know when they are reopened. Pumphouse Road will open May 1^st.

Scholarship: We had two outstanding applicants, so we decided to award $1,500 to each! Congratulations to Lydia Simmons and Eleanor Martinson, both Ellensburg High School Seniors. We will post more information about these very accomplished and deserving young ladies on our website.