Virginia wildlife officials are encouraging people to get outdoors and enjoy free fishing this weekend. Free Fishing Days ...

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources had to euthanize 40,000 catchable trout to control on outbreak of whirling disease at the state’s Marion Fish Hatchery in Southwest Virginia. The disease ...

VIRGINIA (WJHL) — After more than six years in captivity, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) released eight spotted turtles back into their home watershed in the Coastal Plain region ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has reported an increasing number of sick or dead wild birds throughout the Eastern Shore. This comes after a positive bird ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is asking the public to report specific instances involving dead birds amid an increase in suspected cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic ...

As white-tailed deer fawns begin to be born across Virginia, wildlife officials are urging residents who spot a fawn alone in a yard, garden, or hayfield to give it space and leave it where it is. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has received reports of groups of dead black vultures across the state, with preliminary testing indicating that the likely ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) wildlife veterinarian has given further insight into the recent increase in reports of dead black vultures throughout the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is asking for the public's help after receiving reports of dead black vultures across the state. According to a news release from DWR, ...

At the quarterly August meeting of the Board of Wildlife Resources, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) presented the first department-wide lifesaving award to Daniel Harrington.