Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22. (Terry Otto/The Columbian, File) ...

It’s the first major development in the decades-long legal battle since the Trump administration blew up a 2023 agreement for ...

A client of guide Bob Rees holds a fine, bright Chinook he took earlier this year at Buoy 10. These fish are now peaking in the Vancouver area, where anglers will get an additional 7 days of salmon ...

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...

OREGON, USA — President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of an agreement with Washington, Oregon and four American Indian tribes to work together to restore salmon populations and boost ...

Our region was on the cusp of making real progress toward a comprehensive and collaborative solution to these intertwined challenges with the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, t ...

Oregon and Washington have relaxed all restrictions on Columbia River salmon fishing through at least the end of September. It includes reopening of sport salmon fishing between Cathlamet, Wash., and ...

The fall chinook season is one of the most popular in Eastern Washington, and through the years anglers and fishing guides have set up camps in the fall by the Vernita bridge for days at a time or ...

Sport salmon fishing on the Columbia River has been extended again, from Oct. 1 to 13, following newly revised run forecasts echoing previous improvements in the upriver chinook salmon run.

Summer chinook salmon fishing closed Saturday on a portion of the upper Columbia River. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that the harvest allocation for chinook ...