PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...

May 24—Legends tell of people walking across rivers on the backs of salmon, scooping fish from creeks with pitchforks and rivers turning red from flashes of scales in the fall. Whether or not they've ...

The number of spring Chinook salmon passing Bonneville Dam so far this year is below the 10-year average, but officials say it’s too early to ring alarm bells. Runs vary from year to year and don’t ...

Spring-run Chinook salmon are also a preferred and primary food for Southern Resident orcas, which are themselves listed as endangered, having a population of only 73 individuals. Diminishing salmon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on Tuesday for delaying decisions ...

Anglers will get six more days to fish the Columbia River for spring Chinook. Oregon and Washington held a compact meeting on Wednesday, and after reviewing the catch data for the season that closed ...

According to my calculations, there are 43 days left before spring officially arrives. And there are only 37 days until spring salmon fishing opens at the Wind River and Drano Lake. But that doesn’t ...