Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is set to receive a “lifeline” $7 million in federal funding to address the state’s fishery disaster impacting Chinook salmon, lawmakers announced last week. Commercial ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced Friday that a fishing disaster has been declared following a three-year commercial fishery failure in the state. The declaration comes after ...

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 ...

We are the circle. That’s what life is all about. We take care of one another. So when we have someone in trouble, that’s when the rest of us have to step in. – Elmer Crow, Nez Perce tribal elder The ...

Co-management of a Chinook salmon hatchery on the Coquille river in southwest Oregon has helped the fish population thrive again. That means Chinook fishing could soon return. Natural populations of ...

It would be the seventh disaster declaration since 2016 for the state’s coastal salmon fisheries, which have been hit by warming waters and drought from climate change. FILE - This August 2017 photo ...

OTIS, Oregon — The Salmon River Hatchery is shutting down after decades of operation, leaving big questions for the river, local businesses and the people who depend on both. The hatchery has been a ...

Chinook salmon, pictured here, is Oregon’s official state fish and is of high cultural value to Northwest tribes and high economic value to Oregon’s coastal economies. (Photo courtesy of Pacific ...