While hatchery winter steelhead are tough to forecast, the wild return of Columbia River ... fishing,” Lothrop said. “High flows push the fish closer to shore, and most sockeye anglers are ...

FILE - Coho salmon ... subsistence fishing for Native nations along the river, sport fishing and natural reproduction. It is also essential for the biodiversity and health of the Columbia River ...

OPB and ProPublica have co-produced a new podcast “Salmon Wars,” available now on all podcast platforms. This six-episode series tells the story of the salmon of the Columbia River in a way ...

“Instead of taking the one step identified by scientists as absolutely crucial for salmon recovery, these agencies failed our region yet again,” said Meg Townsend, an endangered species attorney with ...

Officials are still not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin. However, new data shows a positive trend in total abundance ...

State and federal regulators tightly control fishing ... do to the salmon,” Cole said. “Others love them like puppy dogs.” In a healthy ecosystem, where salmon and smelt runs were thriving, there ...