The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from a key Columbia Basin salmon-restoration program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a move experts say puts the treasured ...

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway Aug. 22, 2024, at Bonneville Dam. The dam is the first of dozens that fish face of the river. Four of the 16 original salmon and steelhead ...

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 ...

OREGON, USA — There’s a well-worn adage that goes: “It’s the early bird that catches the worm!” In the great Oregon outdoors, I have discovered the saying also holds true for catching big fish! It’s a ...

On Thursday, Oregon, Washington, and four Lower Columbia River tribes announced they would resume litigation against the federal government over its hydroelectric dam operations in the region that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicholas K. Geranios / AP Environmental groups and the State of Oregon are seeking a court injunction to force federal dams on the Columbia River to lower reservoirs and increase the amount of water ...

Some of us have been fighting for salmon for more than three decades. To understand the resolve of salmon advocates — and the frustration so many of us felt when the federal government recently ...

Chinook salmon, steelhead and other fish are visible through a window in August at Bonneville Dam. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files) The Trump administration has cut tens of millions of dollars from ...