Our region was on the cusp of making real progress toward a comprehensive and collaborative solution to these intertwined challenges with the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, t ...

A long-running court battle over how to balance protections for endangered fish with hydropower dams in the Columbia River ...

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 ...

Fishing for Chinook salmon in the Columbia River has been good to excellent so far this year, with some guides saying this is the best run in years. The season is set to close as of Sept. 17, but ...

A coalition of Tribes, conservation groups, and state governments have asked a court to force dam operators to make several ...

Environmental group Save Our Wild Salmon released its first Columbia River Hot Water Report of the year Wednesday, as water temperatures throughout the basin this year have already surpassed the key ...

Average salmon and steelhead counts in the Columbia River Basin over the last decade are still well below officials’ goal of 5 million fish per year. From 2014 to 2023, just 2.3 million salmon and ...

Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

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 Wildlife ...

One of the most complex summer and fall salmon seasons in recent history is locked in place for the Pacific Ocean and Columbia River. Oregon’s coastal fall seasons are typically announced later than ...