Oregon takes salmon protections back to court after Trump-era reversal

Conservation groups and Oregon filed a preliminary injunction seeking to protect threatened salmon in the Columbia River from ...

Oregon asks for emergency measures to save salmon in Columbia, Snake rivers from extinction

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

Oregon, environmental groups ask courts to help Columbia Basin fish

It's the first big development in a decadeslong battle since the Trump administration blew up a deal that had provided a path ...

Salmon and Columbia, Snake river dams fight is back to court

It’s the first major development in the decades-long legal battle since the Trump administration blew up a 2023 agreement for ...
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Chinook salmon fishing returning to the Coquille river

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 ...
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Oregon's Salmon River Hatchery closure raises questions for anglers, local businesses

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 popular place ...
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Salmon-Fly Hatch Draws Fish, Anglers to Oregon

The Deschutes River boasts some of the best fly-fishing in North America. Anglers from all over the world travel to Central Oregon in search of the river's bounties of steelhead and trout. And late ...
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Struggling salmon fishermen getting federal help in Oregon and along West Coast, but it may be too late

The federal government will dole out disaster relief to commercial Chinook salmon fishermen who have weathered a string of poor seasons on the Oregon Coast. But some fishermen say the help won’t be ...