The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could make hydroelectric dams on Oregon’s Willamette River safe for endangered salmon by building gigantic mechanical traps and hauling baby fish downstream in ...

The Army Corps of Engineers has repeatedly missed deadlines to produce solutions for endangered fish in the Willamette River Basin. Critics contend the eight hydroelectric dams in the basin are ...

Imagine a place where trophy walleyes can be caught, fisheries biologists encourage you to keep what you catch, and there is no daily creel limit in effect. Welcome to Oregon, a state where walleyes ...

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting ...

It’s a new era...expect the unexpected. Like seesaw summer temperatures topping 100 degrees one day and into the 70s the next. Or half an inch of August rain. Overnight. (August?) And red hot coho ...

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 ...

Opening day of the lower Columbia River spring chinook season went well for some, but not all. It's difficult to get a bite when asking for fishing reports and state fish checkers on both sides of the ...

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