February 26, 2021, 7:56pm Latest News
Anglers will have an opportunity to dip for smelt in 2021 during a limited-opening recreational fishery on Tuesday, March 2. Read story
February 24, 2021, 6:23pm Editor's Choice Premium Content
State fisheries managers from Washington and Oregon held a joint online meeting on Tuesday, and set the 2021 spring Chinook sport fishing seasons for the Columbia River and its tributaries. The projected run is not expected to be especially strong, and the season will be short because of that. However,… Read story
February 24, 2021, 6:21pm Outdoors
A variety of opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon fishing seasons for 2021 have been scheduled by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Read story
February 18, 2021, 8:16am Northwest
Snake River spring-summer chinook could be nearly extinct by 2060 and interventions are “desperately needed” to boost survival in every stage of their lives, scientists warn. Read story
February 17, 2021, 5:11pm Outdoors
A variety of opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon fishing seasons for 2021 have been scheduled by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Read story
February 17, 2021, 5:10pm Outdoors
There’s a big number being floated around on websites and among local fishermen’s circles, and that number is 1.7 million. That figure is the ocean abundance projection for this year’s adult coho salmon return to the Washington-Oregon coast in 2021. That big number is causing excitement, but it is deceiving… Read story
February 13, 2021, 6:06am Northwest
A new permitting system for hikers and backpackers in Oregon’s central Cascade Mountains will finally be implemented this summer, after years of development and a year after it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
February 10, 2021, 9:02pm Outdoors
Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Feb. 9. Read story
February 8, 2021, 7:51am Latest News
SEATTLE — A Republican congressman has proposed removing four hydroelectric dams in the Northwest as part of a sweeping new plan to address the decades-long problem of how to save salmon populations without upending a system that provides power to millions of people. Read story
February 3, 2021, 8:46pm Outdoors
Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Feb. 1. Read story
