Coho salmon numbers have greatly improved in Oregon's coastal rivers. They may qualify for removal from the Endangered ...

The number of coho salmon that returned to the Upper Willamette Basin in 2023 smashed previous records and provided a bright spot for anglers seeking to hook the delicious but enigmatic fish. Just ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness goes deep on the record coho salmon runs in the Upper Willamette Basin. Urness talks with Chris Kern, the west region manager for the ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Resolving multiyear litigation over the harms of logging to coho salmon, conservation groups reached an agreement today with the Oregon Department of Forestry to greatly expand stream ...

Offshore salmon seasons will look much different this summer along most of the Oregon coast as managers struggle to ensure the safety of declining fall chinook returning to Northern California. And ...

“NOW SHOWING!” reads the salmon season marquee off boat ramps in Hammond, Ilwaco and Astoria, along the lower Clackamas and Sandy river banks, and even at the mouth of the Klickitat River, among ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — While a controversial southern Oregon dam may delay the migration of a threatened species of salmon, the impact isn’t significant enough to violate federal environmental laws, a ...

Editor’s note: The story has been clarified to describe more of the impacts to spring and summer salmon fishing season. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced ...

A coalition of environmental and fishing groups have sued Oregon over allowing logging on state forest lands and allege the activity is damaging streams used by coho salmon. The lawsuit filed ...

A file photo of fall Chinook. Fishery managers could cancel the fall Chinook fishing season for most of Oregon and all of California as drought affects population levels. Pacific Northwest National ...

The 150-foot-wide, 5-foot-high Williams-Whalen Dam along Evans Creek was demolished as of this week, at a location about 12.7 miles upriver from the creek’s confluence with the Rogue River. Another ...