Apr. 26—The spring chinook run at Bonneville Dam is off to one of its better starts since 2016. As of Wednesday, more than 8,800 adult spring chinook were counted using the dam's fish ladders. While ...

ENTERPRISE — Anglers can try to hook a hatchery spring chinook salmon in the Snake River in Hells Canyon starting Saturday, April 22. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the spring ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...

A very low return of spring Chinook salmon in the South Umpqua River has conservationists alarmed. Several groups now want the fish given federal protection. Fall Chinook salmon swim upstream near the ...

Spring chinook, brandishing their silver bellies, are making a bright return through the Columbia River’s blue waters. And so, too, anglers are preparing to gather along the river’s main stem and its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on Tuesday for delaying decisions ...

Chinook salmon, also known as "king salmon," is the largest and most valuable of all Pacific salmon species. (Photo by Conrad Gowell via Native Fish Society) PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a move ...

Typically, now is the time when creeks along the Sacramento River are filled with young spring-run Chinook salmon preparing to make their journey downstream to the Pacific Ocean, where they will ...

Spring-run Chinook salmon are also a preferred and primary food for Southern Resident orcas, which are themselves listed as endangered, having a population of only 73 individuals. Diminishing salmon ...

The number of spring Chinook salmon passing Bonneville Dam so far this year is below the 10-year average, but officials say it’s too early to ring alarm bells. Runs vary from year to year and don’t ...