Pacific Northwest tribes and the states of Washington and Oregon are conducting studies to determine the impact of removing ...

As a retired state biologist, I spent a long, productive and enjoyable career working for Idahoans to preserve, protect and perpetuate all of their wildlife. But one of my biggest frustration’s was ...

It would also doom to extinction several salmon runs in the Columbia/Snake River system and the southern resident orcas of the Salish Sea. Risch and Newhouse extol the supposed economic and power ...

Marvin Entel’s letter (Tribune, Feb. 16) regarding habitat loss for salmon and steelhead was interesting, but a large part of the story was not mentioned.

John Cassinelli, anadromous fish policy manager for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told commissioners that about ...

But all species of salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake River Basin are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, says American Rivers. The fish support the entire food ...

But instead it gives short shrift to the only viable alternative for saving salmon and ultimately orcas — removing the four lower Snake River dams. “Instead of taking the one step identified by ...

Recent ocean conditions and a strong El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific in 2024 indicate that Chinook salmon returns to ...

Lawmakers from Idaho and Washington have introduced a new bill to keep the four lower Snake River dams in place. The ...

Federal agencies for 50 years subverted the law and drove Snake River salmon onto the list of Endangered Species. Federal courts repeatedly acknowledge this. Portland District Court Judge Simon ...

Along with industry and other changes, the conditions of these rivers have shifted. The Columbia and Lower Snake rivers are included on the state’s list of polluted waters, primarily due to high water ...

For decades, the return of salmon and steelhead to the Snake River Basin has been shifting away from wild-origin and to a great extent to hatchery-origin fish. According to Jay Hesse, fish ...