Shaped by fire and ice, the Columbia River ... fast-running river is remade by dams into a connected chain of warm, slow lakes, it becomes home to pond fish. Salmon, marvels of cool, swift water ...

The Columbia River is at a crossroads ... strategy to return salmon above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams. “The way people talk about it, power is a benefit but fish is a cost.

A leaked Trump administration budget proposal completely scraps a key Columbia River salmon ... of Fish & Wildlife official called the proposed cuts “devastating” for salmon recovery projects.

(Terry Otto/The Columbian files) With more spring Chinook salmon returning in the Columbia River, fishery managers ... the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reported.

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 ... and harm salmon and other fish.

“The tribes put a lot of work into that run.” The preseason forecast for the Columbia River summer Chinook salmon returns is 38,000 fish. That is well below the 10-year average return of ...

The mammals’ return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish ... the Columbia River Basin, sea lions have scarfed down so many salmon ...

She said if built, the refinery could cause irreparable damage to nearby farms and crucial habitat for migrating salmon on the Columbia River. “If this facility does go through, there’ll be no ...

Appreciate the Columbia River Gorge’s natural splendor ... chow down on smoked salmon quesadillas and Columbia-caught fish at the Indigenous-owned Brigham Fish Market, and snap a picture on ...

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River ... fish-trapping proposal that would involve using large vacuums to suck up young salmon ...

After no success initially, they ended up fishing the notorious "toilet bowl" where they eventually hooked seven fish, landing four. Fishing for chinook salmon is open seven days per week in the ...