In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, four nonprofits allege the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to meet deadlines on ...

Forecasts for salmon fishing in the Columbia River in 2025 is out. Overall, the news is good. The only exception is the summer Chinook run.

FILE - Coho salmon in Eagle Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, in a 2009 file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Rick Swart / Oregon Department of Fish and ...

This six-episode series tells the story of the salmon of the Columbia River in a way not heard before: through the experiences of a tribal family that relies on the fish as essential to their way ...

The reverence and connectedness to the land expressed by tribes in the area are in large part due to the basin’s historically epic salmon population. In fact, much of the Columbia River basin is ...

“The science shows that pulling out the four lower Snake River dams is the only way to save Columbia river salmon and the Southern Resident orcas that depend on them.” In May 2016 the U.S. District ...

On the Elwha, where two dams were taken down to recover the river’s legendary salmon runs, and habitat work continues, steelhead, coho and Chinook are coming back. On the Upper Columbia ...

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council is seeking recommendations from the public on amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which provides protections, mitigations and ...

A December report from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council shows a rolling 10-year average return of 2.3 million adult salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin annually, higher than ...