It’s the first major development in the decades-long legal battle since the Trump administration blew up a 2023 agreement for ...

The Columbia River Basin once sustained 10 to 16 million salmon and steelhead annually. Today, over a third of those ...

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The states have agreed to allow an additional week of salmon fishing in the mainstem Columbia after salmon returns were better than expected. The river was slated to close after Sept. 15, and remain ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...

Anglers will get four more days to fish for fall chinook and coho salmon on most of the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington fish managers met Wednesday and approved fishing for chinook and hatchery ...

Blame my late start to the fall salmon season on high water temperature and late-arriving fish. Waiting for the river to cool down and salmon passage counts to build, I spent September afternoons ...

Spring chinook salmon passage at Bonneville Dam is only at about 25 percent of the 10-year average for the date. (RICK BOWMER/Associated Press) The spring season for spring Chinook salmon and hatchery ...