SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Tribe is celebrating a major milestone in their efforts to return Chinook Salmon to the Upper Spokane River. Salmon conservation and protection is an upstream battle ...

SPOKANE — With the thousands of miles of quality salmon habitat in the upper Columbia River, a restored chinook run there could add significantly to the number of anadromous fish in the entire ...

Video: Rafters well washed after running upper Spokane River Mon., July 11, 2011 By Rich Landers [email protected] (509) 459-5508 ...

The Spokane River, and the Upper Columbia River system in general, was awash with salmon. Researchers estimate Upper Columbia River tribes caught 644,469 fish a year.

The Spokane River, and the Upper Columbia River system in general, was awash with salmon. Researchers estimate Upper Columbia River tribes caught 644,469 fish a year.

The Spokane River, and the Upper Columbia River system in general, was awash with salmon. Researchers estimate Upper Columbia River tribes caught 644,469 fish a year.

"If you would've told me three years ago that we would be putting adult salmon in the upper Spokane River I would've smirked and said, 'No way'," Coeur d'Alene Tribe Councilmember Hemene James said.

Spokane was once a tourist destination because of its giant 60 to 80 pound Chinook salmon that would make their way to the river, but that reputation ended in 1910 when the construction of Little ...

More importantly, they have grit and character poetically in sync with the force and flow of the upper Spokane, a river that was badly abused for most of a century before finally getting some much ...

“The Upper Columbia River site includes areas within the Spokane Tribe's traditional homeland and current Spokane Reservation whose natural resources have been and continue to be integral to our ...