The states have released their forecasts for the 2025 spring Chinook return to the Columbia River and its tributaries. The total forecast is for 254,300 returning adults, which would best last year’s ...

Sockeye salmon numbers for 2025 are projected to be less than half of the huge run we had this past summer. The forecast for ...

Environmental groups and fish biologists say emptying not just Green Peter, but other reservoirs as well, is critical to saving spring chinook in the Upper Willamette Basin. The fish are barely ...

NMFS and the corps developed the juvenile fish transportation program that moves smolts in barges from Lower Granite, Little ...

Tribes including the Yakama have certain fishing rights in the Columbia River Basin as outlined in their tribes' treaties, ...

Heading into the new year, there are many encouraging signs that paint a brighter picture for anglers of all ages and all walks of life, Hilts says.

For a second year, a plan meant to save endangered salmon brought major challenges at Green Peter Reservoir. What comes next?

Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended catch-and-release ...

Two federal agencies that operate dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers are reopening a 4-year-old study that rejected dam ...

The Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation plan to update the 5,000-page Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement to consider new information that has emerged since ...