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Environmental concerns grow over Drax air quality permit for Longview plant

March 18, 2024, 8:23am Business

Environmental and public health concerns over the proposed Drax wood pellet factory are prompting the Southwest Clean Air Agency to hold a public hearing before approving the company’s air discharge permit. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Washington Columbia River mainstem, tributary fishing report for March 4-10

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

March 15, 2024, 5:54am Outdoors

Fishing report for March 4-10 Read story

Mindi Eleazer, the wife of fishing guide Matt Eleazer, with a fine spring Chinook salmon she took from the Columbia River.

Shorter Spring Chinook season off and running

Mindi Eleazer, the wife of fishing guide Matt Eleazer, with a fine spring Chinook salmon she took from the Columbia River.

February 24, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice

Oregon and Washington state fisheries managers have finalized and announced the recreational spring Chinook salmon season on the Columbia River for 2024. Anglers will get to fish the big river for these highly prized fish through April 5. Read story

A Columbia River angler with a nice spring Chinook taken in the reach below Bonneville Dam while fishing with East Fork Outfitters. The spring Chinook seasons were released by the states on Wednesday.

Field Notes: Comments sought for setting salmon seasons

A Columbia River angler with a nice spring Chinook taken in the reach below Bonneville Dam while fishing with East Fork Outfitters. The spring Chinook seasons were released by the states on Wednesday.

February 23, 2024, 5:00pm Outdoors

Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have scheduled several opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon seasons in 2024-2025, beginning with a hybrid statewide forecast meeting on March 1. Read story

A six-man limit of fall chinook from the Columbia River rests on the dock before being checked by state fisheries creel checkers. Anglers may be looking at a selective fishery in the Buoy Ten reach again this year.

Columbia River fall salmon outlook remains good

A six-man limit of fall chinook from the Columbia River rests on the dock before being checked by state fisheries creel checkers. Anglers may be looking at a selective fishery in the Buoy Ten reach again this year.

January 20, 2024, 6:05am Editor's Choice

Oregon and Washington have released an initial fall salmon outlook for the Columbia River, and fishery managers say runs are looking to be similar to last year. Read story

A Columbia River spring Chinook comes to the net. Spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia and its tributaries will be set by early February.

2024 spring Chinook projections should allow for similar season as last year

A Columbia River spring Chinook comes to the net. Spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia and its tributaries will be set by early February.

January 13, 2024, 6:06am Latest News

Washington and Oregon are expecting a total run of spring Chinook to the mouth of the Columbia River of 187,400 adults. That is about 86 percent of last year’s actual return of 216,586. The upper Columbia River should see about 121,000 fish, and the lower river could see 66,000. Read story

A keeper sturgeon is held by guide Cameron Black. Even when the wind howls, Black knows the Gorge well enough to get his clients on to sturgeon in quiet waters.

Anglers quickly reel in quota of sturgeon, season now closed in Bonneville and The Dalles pools

A keeper sturgeon is held by guide Cameron Black. Even when the wind howls, Black knows the Gorge well enough to get his clients on to sturgeon in quiet waters.

January 3, 2024, 2:50pm Editor's Choice

Sturgeon retention season in the Bonneville and The Dalles pools in the Columbia River Gorge is closed after just two days of angling. Read story

Fishing guide Camaeron Black, left, and a client hold a keeper sturgeon that bit just as the boat was being checked by the state patrol last year. The fish was taken in the Bonneville Pool.

White sturgeon up for grabs in Bonneville pool beginning New Year’s Day

Fishing guide Camaeron Black, left, and a client hold a keeper sturgeon that bit just as the boat was being checked by the state patrol last year. The fish was taken in the Bonneville Pool.

December 30, 2023, 6:05am Editor's Choice

Anglers will have a rare chance to retain white sturgeon in the Bonneville Pool of the Columbia River again this year, with the fishery starting on Monday, Jan. 1. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Washington Columbia River tributary fishing report for Dec. 4-10

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

December 13, 2023, 4:03pm Outdoors

The Washington Columbia River tributary sport sampling summary for Dec. 4-10: Read story

The second annual edition of &ldquo;Voices of the River,&rdquo; the journal of the Vancouver-based Confluence Project, is out now.

Latest ‘Voices of the River’ highlights dams: Confluence Project aims to revive tribal history along river

The second annual edition of &ldquo;Voices of the River,&rdquo; the journal of the Vancouver-based Confluence Project, is out now.

December 7, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

The fate of big hydroelectric dams on Pacific Northwest rivers is a longstanding, hot-button issue that gets hotter every day. Read story