Deer hunting season kicks off on Saturday in Washington state, but that’s not the only hunting season that begins.

According to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, this year’s modern-firearms deer season includes cougar hunting. Hunters with a valid cougar license and transport tag, can hunt cougars during the season in all 39 counties.

Originally, cougar hunting in Okanogan, Chelan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Klickitat was delayed because of a 2004 pilot program that allowed hunters with special permits to track cougars using dogs. The program expired in August restoring full general hunting seasons in those counties.

It’s a little friendly competition that promotes energy conservation between college students.

Avista is challenging students in on-campus dorms and greek housing to conserve energy by reducing how much they use. They’re keeping online diaries to compare to other schools to see who is in the lead.

“We are excited to have every university that is an Avista electric customer involved this year,” said Chris Drake, Avista program manager for lead energy efficiency. “We can’t wait to see how much energy the collective efforts of these students can save. We hope to help students build good energy-saving habits before they’re out on their own paying an energy bill.”

Scientists from 9 countries are examining data to find out more on an unprecedented hole in the ozone layer above the Artic from December to March of this year. NASA says the hole developed from a long period of extremely low temperatures in the stratospheric ozonelayer. Ozone holes usually form around spring.