Last week, after an Oregon judge directed federal agencies to “spill” more water through Columbia and Snake river dams, ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 14 salmon boats and nine Washington bank rods tallied during the flight count on Feb. 28.

The Little Spokane boat launch on Long Lake is usable now that the water has come up. It is expected to stay that way throughout the spring and summer. The Lake Roosevelt water level is at about 1,260 ...

Rain or shine, spring is spawning from the Sandy to the sea. Literally and figuratively, thanks to an array of attention-getting signs triggered by an explosively colorful herring show in Yaquina Bay ...

WFXR’s George Noloff enjoys everything outdoors. So, when he sees other people having a blast on the water, he wants them to ...

May a judge be considered a keystone species? If so, I nominate U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon, who issued an order on Feb. 25 that has far-reaching benefits for our threatened Columbia basin ...

In February 2024, it looked like nearly three decades of litigation over the operation of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia ...

On Feb. 25, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon issued an order requiring the Columbia Basin dam system to help endangered fish as they begin their migration to the sea in a few days. Praise be!

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The Historic Columbia River Highway is a 72-mile work of art built between 1913-1921 that's still a gem today.

To help reverse the decline of salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River system, a federal judge in Oregon has ordered regional dam operators release more water for extended periods of ...

Monster Sturgeon up to a thousand pounds on the upper Fraser River, British Columbia. Helgy Eymundson will try to land the fish of a lifetime.