The sockeye return to the Columbia River in 2024 was a surprise, and bested the forecast of 401,700 adults with an actual return of 761,682 fish. In 2025, the forecast is for 350,200 fish. That is ...

Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, still water created by hydroelectric dams throughout the Columbia River Basin. Some years, they make up more than 90% of fish migrating upstream.

The river was slated to close after Sept. 15, and remain closed until October, but after fisheries managers reviewed catch data, they decided there were enough fish to allow the season extension.

Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, still water created by hydroelectric dams throughout the Columbia River Basin. Some years, they make up more than 90% of fish migrating upstream.

The Columbia River Fish Mitigation program attempts to balance out significant harm inflicted by the Columbia River hydropower dam system on endangered salmon and steelhead runs.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The battle between sea lions, salmon and fishermen has been going on for decades on the Columbia River, but tension is growing in Longview, where it appears hundreds of them ...

Tri-Cities, WA offers an incredible number of places to go fishing. The 2025 forecast for upriver spring Chinook is 122,500 fish, which is more than the 116,332 that returned to the Columbia River ...

Environmental groups on Thursday filed a legal challenge to reverse a key permit for a proposed $2.5 billion biofuel refinery along the Columbia River over concerns it could pollute the water and ...

Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, still water created by hydroelectric dams throughout the Columbia River Basin. Some years, they make up more than 90% of fish migrating upstream.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The battle between sea lions, salmon and fishermen has been going on for decades on the Columbia River, but tension is growing in Longview, where it appears hundreds of them ...