Paper fishing and hunting licenses back at Coulee Playland … for now

Tribal hunting and fishing licenses are being offered at Coulee Playland again after a brief hiatus.

The Colville Tribes are transitioning to an online-only system, and were no longer offering paper licenses through third-party sellers, which complicated things for local business Coulee Playland.

The Star reported on the change in the Jan. 30 issue.

Colville Tribes Fish & Wildlife Director Cody Desautel said the return of the paper licenses could be because of a time lag on the transition to the digital system. “This is our first year, so there are likely some growing pains,” he said.

Desautel said the transition to online only is still happening, but that there will be paper licenses at places like Coulee Playland until “the digital system works as well as advertised.”

Desautel said that when the system is online only, F&W, as well as third-party sellers, can still use the online system to print out paper licenses.

The online licensing system can be found at https://colville.nagfa.net/online/.

Regulations and permits can also be accessed by going to http://www.colvilletribes.com and navigating to the Fish & Wildlife section.