Oregon and Washington will reopen sport salmon fishing Friday below Bonneville Dam. Anglers will get three days, through Sunday evening, then possibly another three days from Tuesday through Thursday.

At 12 this morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened Bonneville Dam’s spillway gates, marking the beginning of seasonal water releases known as “spill.” ...

As of April 6, the states estimated the catch as 528 adult spring Chinook kept and 105 released for 25,800 angler trips. Those low catches left the states with room to add the extra days. Anglers may ...

Last month it was mealtime on the Lower Columbia. We could hear the excited barking of sea lions across the city of Longview, ...

The Trump administration said the review, which was ordered by a court settlement, will be indefinitely paused.

A 2022 NOAA assessment found the number of wild salmon spawning in Columbia River tributaries declined substantially for nearly every salmon run in nearly every river measured between 1990 and 2019.

reports came in of smelts moving farther up the Columbia River, having bypassed the mouth of the Cowlitz. Smelt and salmon both return from years at sea to the streams they were spawned in ...

Among updates to the Columbia River Treaty being negotiated were more engagement on decision making with tribal governments and more investment in fish habitat and recovering threatened salmon ...