Spring chinook salmon passage at Bonneville Dam is only at about 25 percent of the 10-year average for the date. (RICK BOWMER/Associated Press) The spring season for spring Chinook salmon and hatchery ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin. In a memorandum, Trump ...

This June, the Trump administration unilaterally abrogated the government’s support of that agreement. The agreement had allowed salmon advocates to pause litigation challenging the 2020 Trump ...

Beginning Jan. 1, all anglers age 15 and older must buy a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement (CRSSE) to fish recreationally for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and many of its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Astoria, sea lions are an endemic presence along the Columbia River banks and especially along the Port of Astoria’s East Mooring Basin. The port has experimented with several nonlethal methods for ...

A wildfire that ignited a hillside above the Columbia River Gorge Friday has forced evacuations and burned at least one home. Authorities issued a Level Three evacuation order for those living near ...

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 ...