Out and About: Sept. 6

Lee named WDFW regional director

Kessina Lee has been named regional director for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) southwest region based in Ridgefield.

Lee has worked as an aquaculture specialist for the state Department of Ecology since January 2017. She will begin her new job Sept. 1, overseeing all WDFW work in Region 5, covering Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties.

With the Department of Ecology, Lee served as agency lead on the interagency investigation into the August 2017 collapse of an Atlantic salmon net pen in Puget Sound. She also led a team of hatchery water-quality permit managers statewide.

Conservation meeting set

The local chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Camas Meadows Golf Club. The meeting will feature Pro Escobedo of VIP Outdoors.

Columbia reopens at Deschutes mouth

The combination of cooling water temperatures in the Columbia River and additional protections in the form of a river-wide steelhead retention closure have allowed managers to re-open the closed area adjacent to the mouth of the Deschutes River effective Thursday.