Despite increase, the lower Salmon River between Rice Creek and Twin bridges has been closed to ensure anglers don’t exceed ...

Large dams are no longer being built in the U.S. In fact, they are being removed, especially in the Northwest, with a 100% success rate in improving fish runs. | Opinion ...

The vast majority of salmon are getting up, over, around and through the four lower Snake River dams even as legal challenges and political battles swirl around them, according to the federal ...

Breaching the Snake River dams is one major way to protect salmon, according to a final federal report announced on Friday on salmon and steelhead recovery in the Columbia River Basin.

At the beginning of 2025, a new tragedy struck the Pacific Northwest’s endangered Southern Resident orca population. Tahlequah, a mother orca known scientifically as J35, made national headlines for c ...

The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...

A new draft report released Thursday called change in the Lower Snake River inevitable. The draft report will guide U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee as they ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. —The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration ...

On the banks of the Snake River in far eastern Washington, sockeye salmon have had a rough summer. The water behind the last major concrete dam they have to swim past is way too hot. “It’s ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, USA — You will be able to harvest Chinook salmon in different areas of the Snake River. You have to follow all of the rules within the areas while fishing. Here is a list of the ...