Fall Chinook salmon at the Priest Rapids hatchery ... been declared as threatened or endangered by the federal government since 2000, according to the Washington State Recreation and Conservation ...

Chinook salmon swim up a creek in Washington state. (Getty Images) Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a series on salmon originally published by the Idaho Capital Sun. The Nez Perce Tribe ...

The Center for Whale Research’s latest census shows just 74 of the orcas remain. They need more food, space and less ...

Anglers fishing a portion of the Snake River in southeastern Washington will be allowed to keep some Chinook salmon this fall. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a news ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers, the National Marine Fisheries Service today made an initial finding that Endangered Species Act ...

Spring Chinook salmon fishing is reopening on the lower Columbia River for two weekends in May and four days in June, it was announced Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by Washington and Oregon fishery ...

Anglers can resume fishing for fall Chinook Friday through the end of the year from Buoy 10 at the Columbia River’s mouth east to Puget Island. Oregon and Washington managers met by telephone Thursday ...

Even in pristine salmon habitat like the Sultan, Chinook numbers are down. Warm water and extreme weather are potential factors. SULTAN — As far as salmon habitat goes, the Sultan River is a prime ...

A typical fall Chinook salmon taken last year in the boat of guide Bill Monroe Jr. The fish was caught above Bonneville Dam after the Buoy 10 fishery was closed early. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) ...

A Chinook salmon. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A Washington state-based environmental group says it’s filing a petition asking the Biden administration to list southern Alaska king ...

Washington has approved a one-day smelt-dipping season Thursday on the Cowlitz River. Dipping will be allowed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a 10-pound limit (approximately a quarter of a five-gallon ...