A plan to save endangered salmon in the North Santiam by emptying Detroit Lake faced major skepticism from local residents at meetings this week.

Shippers worry the project’s construction may block vessels carrying grain, trash, riverboat passengers and the fuel that ...

Want to catch trophy catfish? This episode of the Quick Strike Podcast explains how to focus on cold water during winter ...

If you want all three species in their native waters, Washington is one of the few places left in the continental U.S. you'll find them. For a trout, salmon, and steelhead trip, conventional wisdom ...

This fall marks the first time in 75-plus years that a pound net fishery is operating on the Lower Columbia River. Pound nets and other “fish traps” were banned from commercial fishing on the Oregon ...

My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted only 10 seconds before his line snapped, but it was all he could talk about ...

There’s no waterway in the Pacific Northwest quite as majestic or lengthy as the Columbia River. It runs 1,243 miles, forming in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia before flowing southwest. Then ...

Imagine a win-win-win solution to linked challenges that have dogged our Northwest home for decades: endangered salmon and steelhead, aging and inadequate energy infrastructure and broken promises to ...

The state of Oregon and environmental and fishing groups are seeking a court order to adjust dam operations to help dwindling salmon populations in the Columbia and Snake rivers. The filing earlier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the ...

Conservation groups and states ask court to lift litigation pause on salmon 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement paused lawsuits and promised funds Groups urge dam removal and investment in ...

Reports of spawning salmon running up the Salmon River from Lake Ontario have been pouring in for over a month now, but many anglers say they haven’t yet seen a major push of fish come through. Higher ...