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Bringing Back Once-Extinct Coho: Yakama Nation Expanding Restoration Program Into Tributaries

Bassmaster Magazine Again Brags On Dworshak, Columbia River As Some Of Country’s ‘Best Bass Lakes’

Sea Lion Feasting On Spring Chinook At Bonneville Dam Prompts More Trapping, Branding, Removals

$27.4 Million Fish Collection Facility Opens In Effort To Restore Salmon/Steelhead Above Detroit Dam

Fish Managers Request End To Summer Salmon Transport From McNary; Cite System Improvements

Harvest Managers Await Run Update; 2,256 Spring Chinook Cross Bonneville, 31 At Lower Granite

California Sea Lion Euthanized; Steller Sea Lions’ Observed White Sturgeon Catch Lowest Since 2007

States Place Trap At Dalles Marina To Capture California Sea Lions Above Bonneville Dam

Spring Chinook Fishing Shut Down Until Updated Run Forecast: Only 1,195 Fish Have Crossed Bonneville

Research: Dams, Altered Environment Have ‘Elicited An Adaptive Response In Snake River Fall Chinook’

Judge Signs Agreement Requiring EPA To Get Tougher On Oregon’s Water Temperature Standards For Fish

Study:Snake River Hatchery Juveniles Same Early Marine Survival As Lower Columbia Fish

Unique Flume System At Bonneville Dam, Other Improvements, Intended To Aid Lamprey Upstream Passage

Citing Treaty Rights, Judge Orders Washington To Fix Culverts Blocking Salmon Access To Habitat

BPA Grant To WSU Aims At Ramping Up Preparations, Research Regarding Invasive Mussels

Sudden Large Smelt Run Likely Reason For High Numbers Of Sea Lions Plying Lower Columbia River

Judge Allows Oregon’s Reduced Hatchery Releases In Sandy River; Formal Opinion Forthcoming

Oregon, Feds, Sport Fishing Defend Sandy Hatchery Operations; ‘Propagation A Permissible Tool'

Science Advisory Panel Says Council Fish/Wildlife Mitigation Program Needs New Goals, Approaches

Groups Ask Judge To Halt Sandy River Hatchery Releases This Spring In Wild Vs. Hatchery Case

Oregon Considers Top Ten Priority List Of Fish Passage Barriers That Should Be Removed Or Fixed

It’s Official: Bag Limits Off In Washington For Columbia/Snake Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish

Columbia/Snake Basin Fish Tagging Costs $61.4 Million In 2012; Forum Evaluates Data Value For Policy

Effort Underway To Better Link Ocean/Plume Research To Freshwater Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery

Preseason Forecast Pegs Upriver Fall Chinook Return, Including Snake River Wild, As Record Breaker

Study Shows Importance Of Large, Ancient Landslides In Creating Prime Salmon Habitat

Northwest States Finding Plenty Of Boats Contaminated With Mussels At Inspection Sites

Study Suggests Salmon Find Their Home Rivers Through Magnetic Imprinting

Preseason Coho Return Forecast Estimate Shows Substantially More Fish Than Last Year

Low Spring Chinook Returns, Wild And Hatchery, Prompt Fishing Closures For Deschutes, Kalama, Lewis

House Committee To Review NOAA’s ‘Situation Assessment’ Of Basin Salmon Recovery Planning

To Aid Salmonids, Washington Mulls Lifting Bag Limits On Bass, Walleye In Portions Columbia/ Snake

Spring Chinook Seasons Set For A Forecasted Modest Return; Idaho, Tribes Say Too Much Early Fishing

Oregon State Forming Consortium To Develop Drones For Environmental Monitoring, Research

Climate Assessment: Near 100 Percent Chance NW Summer Flow Reductions By 2050, May Prompt Less Hydro

Are Washington’s Wild Salmon Numbers Increasing? ‘State Of The Salmon’ Report Shows Mixed Answer

Opening Black Box In A Salmon’s Life: Ocean Biological Indicators Improve Fish Return Forecasting

Research: West Coast Salmon Runs Fluctuated Hugely Even Before Commercial Fishing Started

Columbia River Sturgeon And Smelt: Consistently Low Populations Lead To Severe Harvest Restrictions

NOAA Designates Introduced Steelhead Above Deschutes Dams As ‘Non-Essential Experimental’

To Aid ESA-Listed Salmonids, Corps Proposes Removing 1930s Lower Sandy River Dam Built To Aid Smelt

Petition To Oregon Appeals Court Says Lower Columbia Gill-Net Ban Violates ‘Food Fish’ Policy

Ocean Condition Indicators Show Decent Juvenile Salmon Survival In 2012 Off NW Coast

Weather Forecasters Say Signs Point To Brutal Cold In Mid January For Northwest, Northern Rockies

Pacific Lamprey’s (Low) Adult Returns Most Affected By Declining Abundance Of Host Species

Washington Opens Steelhead Fishing On White Salmon River Stretch Once Blocked By Condit Dam

World’s Most Extensive Salmon Tagging Program Tracks Passage Survival At Columbia-Snake Dams

Climate Change Assessment Indicates Plants, Animals Already Shifting Ranges, Life Events Timing

Washington Bans Barbed Hooks On Large Section Of Columbia, Barbless Easier On Wild Fish

NOAA Launches ‘Situation Assessment’ Of Columbia River Basin Salmon, Steelhead Recovery

Corps Releases Draft Plan To Deal With Years Of Sediment Buildup In Lower Snake River

Lower Columbia Gill-Net Ban: Would Eastern Washington, Idaho Get Short End Of The Fisheries Stick?

Bonneville To McNary: Fish Samples Show High Levels Of Toxic Pollutants, Degraded Riparian Areas

Low 2012 Jack Counts Has Preseason Forecast For 2013 Spring Chinook Return At Lowest In 6 Years

Intent To Sue Petition Claims McKenzie River Hatchery Operations Harm Wild Salmon, Violate ESA

PNAS Paper: Council Program Should Address Columbia River Basin ‘Food Web’ Concerns

Fish Counting At Eight Federal Dams Moves From WDFW To Normandeau Associates

Recommendation To Ban Gill-Nets On Lower Columbia Mainstem Sent To State Fish Commissions

Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee Numbers Up Due To Efforts Reducing Lake Trout By 80 Percent

Federal Agencies Respond: With Collaboration New BiOp Will Comply With Endangered Species Act

2012 Juvenile Salmon Migration: Spring Chinook Survival Second Best Since 1999

Review Of Long-Running Salmon Survival Study: Smolt-To-Adult Return Goals Should Be Reassessed

Salmon Conference Discusses Northwest Hatchery Strategies: What Does Success Look Like?

Salmon Spawners Make Way Past Former White Salmon River Dam Site For First Time In Nearly 100 Years

First Sockeye Spawner In 45 Years Witnessed In Oregon’s Upper Deschutes River Basin

Researchers Think Salmon Recovery Must Weigh “Native” Invader Impacts, As Well As Invasive Species’

Lower Than Expected Hydro Revenues, Higher Fish/Wildlife Project Spending Has BPA Seeking Cutbacks

Hatchery Methods Developed For Pacific Lamprey With Hopes Of Supplementing Slumping Populations

Secretary Of Commerce Declares Commercial Fishery Disaster For Alaska Chinook Salmon

Gill-Net Battle: States Form Working Group On Kitzhaber Proposal, Voters Face Ballot Initiative

Fall Chinook Counts At Bonneville Tracking Below Average; ‘B’ Steelhead Run Headed For Idaho Lags

Most Returning Snake River Sockeye Hatchery Origin; ‘Conversion Rate’ Last Dam To Lakes 50 Percent

Southeastern Oregon Fire Destroys Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Habitat, Kills Fish

With Warming Water What’s Better For Juvenile Salmon: In-River Passage Or Truck Transport?

Drier, Warmer Winters May Be Coming; Nearly All Climate Models ‘Favor Onset Of El Nino’

Numbers Of Young Fall Chinook Migrants ‘Surprisingly High’; Corps Switches From Barges To Trucks

Ecotrust’s Data Compilation Details Money, Jobs Generated Through Watershed, Habitat Restoration

Oregon To Launch Rulemaking On Removing Non-Tribal Gill Nets From Columbia River Mainstem

Tribes Get Go-Ahead On Planning For $14 Million Hatchery To Boost Spring Chinook In Upper Salmon

Pasco Legislative Hearing Focuses On ‘Saving Our Dams And Hydropower Development And Jobs Act’

Kitzhaber Proposes Transition Plan To Move Non-Tribal Gill-Nets From Mainstem To Off Channel Areas

Council Balks At Easement Funding In Anticipation Of Regional Review Of Habitat Projects

Research Shows Snake River Sockeye Broodstock Program Preserving Population’s Genetic Diversity

Sea Lion Predation: Most At-Risk Spring Chinook From Clearwater, Salmon, Icicle, Deschutes, Umatilla

Sockeye Bounty Shared; New Tools Improve Fish, Water Management Strategies For Upper Columbia Stocks

Snake River Sockeye Update: 429 To Lower Granite, 9 To Stanley Basin, 4 Of Natural Origin

NWF, Steelheaders Issue Coal Export Report; Corps To Conduct ‘Thorough’ Environmental Reviews

Biologists Hope Drones Continue To Be Used To Count Lower Snake River Chinook Redds

Signs Of Recolonization: Salmon, Steelhead Seen Jumping Falls Above Breached Condit Dam

2011 Avian Predation Report: Cormorants Consume 20 Million Salmonids, Terns Take 4.8 Million

Study Finds ‘Caffeinated’ Waters Off Oregon Coast; Sewer Overflows, Septic Tanks Possible Sources

Slammed With Sockeye; 2012 Columbia River Return Could Exceed A Half Million Fish

Tagged Spring Chinook Being Tracked In Upper Deschutes Rivers; First Sockeye Arrives

Columbia River Sockeye Return Best Since 1923; Snake River Sockeye Fall Short Of Preseason Estimate

Commercial Shad Harvest With Experimental Gear Approved; Over 2 Million Fish Across Bonneville

2012 Summer Chinook Return Downgraded To Half – 54,000 Fish – Of Preseason Forecast

Research Details Impacts Of Low-Elevation Irrigation Diversion Dams On Pacific Lamprey Spawning

New Man-Made Island In Malheur Lake Attracting Caspian Terns From Estuary’s East Sand Island

Summer Fishing Season Starts With Big Sockeye Numbers Already Moving Into Columbia Basin

USGS Report Documents How Sandy River Responded To Sediment Release After Marmot Dam Removal

Research: Barged Smolts Don’t Suffer From Transport, Issue Is ‘Accelerated Timing Of Ocean Entry'

Idaho Gets Go-Ahead For New Hatchery Aimed At Recovering Naturally-Spawning Snake River Sockeye

Reintroducing A Run: First Time In 45 Years Adult Salmon Returning To Upper Deschutes Basin

Experimental Aquaculture Program Aims At Restoring Nearly Extinct Burbot (Cod) To Kootenai River

Balancing Harvest With ESA Impacts Has Tribes Balancing Platform Fishing With Gill-Netting

Spring Chinook Return Estimates Drop To Below Average, Halting Spring Fishing Until Run-Size Update

Signatures Submitted For Putting Proposed Gill-Net Ban In ‘Inland Waters’ On Oregon’s Nov. 6 Ballot

Judge Denies Injunction Halting Sea Lion Lethal Removal; Harm Tilts Toward ESA Salmonid Stocks

For First Time, More Stellar Sea Lions (ESA-Listed) Than California Sea Lions In Lower Columbia

Based On Redd Counts, Oregon Opens Stretch Of John Day River To Fishing For Wild Spring Chinook

Sea Lions Find Their Way Above Bonneville Dam; ‘Raising Hell’ In Tribal Subsistence Fishery

Summer Fishing: Managers Predict Best Summer Chinook Run Since 1980, Record-Breaking Sockeye Return

Journal Issues Edition With 22 Papers On ‘Ecological Interactions Of Hatchery And Wild Salmon'

Corps Changes Flow Operations At Bonneville Dam To Reduce High Descaling Levels In Sockeye Juveniles

Judge Hears Arguments On Preliminary Injunction To Halt Sea Lion Killings; 11 Euthanized So Far

Springers Make Their Move With Big Daily Counts At Bonneville; Run Will Fall Short Of Estimates

Study Looks At Ecological, Behavioral Factors Prompting Wild Salmon To Stray From Natal Areas

Holistic: Restoring 55 Miles Of Kootenai River Habitat For ESA-Listed Sturgeon, All Native Species

Springers Still Not Moving Upstream; River Managers Hold Back Flow At Bonneville To Prod Movement

Keeping Pike Out Of Salmon Country: Pend Oreille Netting Effort Puts Dent In Predator Population

April-September Basin Runoff Predicted To Be 10th Best In 52 Years; La Nina Dissipates In April

Humane Society: Feds Fail To Provide ‘Cogent’ Explanation Of How Sea Lion Predation ‘Significant'

‘I Think We Need To Take Those Dams Down’: Judge Redden’s Interview Comments Stir Reaction

Partnering With Beavers To Restore Degraded Streams Aiding Recovery Of Wild Steelhead

Oregon Wants Access To ‘Lethal Management Tools’ In Reducing Salmon-Eating Cormorant Numbers

Barges From Lake Mead Contaminated With Quagga Mussels Intercepted At Idaho Border

Colville Tribes’ Traditional Fishing Gear Efforts Anticipate Rising Salmon Numbers From New Hatchery

Catch Rates Up, But Low Bonneville Dam Passage Stalls Fishing Until Run Size Recalculation

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Delisting Eastern Stellar Sea Lions; Growing Numbers In Columbia River

Research: Less Major Predators, More Large Herbivores Harms Ecosystems, Diversity

Big Water Moving Through Hydro System: Involuntary Spill, Reservoirs Drafted To Prepare For Melt

Request For Preliminary Injunction Filed As States Continue Trapping, Euthanizing Sea Lions

Not Much Fish, Not Many Sea Lions, But Two ‘Individually Identifiable’ Salmon Eaters Trapped, Killed

Lousy Per Rod Catch Rates, But Commercial Fishery Suggests Plenty Of Spring Chinook Still To Come

Researchers Discuss Status Of Deschutes Basin Salmon, Steelhead Restoration, Reintroduction

Columbia River High, Cold, Muddy; Spring Chinook Again Holding Back Surge Over Bonneville Dam

WDFW Responsible For Dam Fish Counts For 28 Years; Regulation Requires Corps To Consider Others

Oregon’s Catherine Creek: Research Links Where ESA Spring Chinook Spend Time With Needed Habitat

Oregon Supreme Court Certifies Ballot Titles For Banning Non-Indian Commercial Gill Netting

Judge Denies Stay For Sea Lion Killing; Limits Take To 30, With No Shooting Allowed

The Mammals: NOAA Fisheries Again Authorizes Lethal Removal Of Salmon-Eating Sea Lions

Clackamas River Bull Trout Reintroduction Project Using Metolius Fish Awarded; Spawning Documented

Researchers Study How Lake Trout Removal In Flathead Lake Might Alter Complex Food Web

The Birds: Corps Scoping Plan To Reduce Avian Salmon Predators From Bonneville Dam To Lower Granite

Can Earlier Societies Teach Us How To Manage Highly Productive, Sustainable Fisheries?

Connecting Ocean Research To Columbia Basin Salmon Mitigation: Evaluations Continue

February Gives Runoff A Boost: April-Sept. Water Supply Now Forecasted At 98 Percent Of Normal

Bonneville Power’s Increased Fish And Wildlife Project Spending ‘Fully Ramped Up’

Court Orders New Biological Opinion, Jeopardy Analysis On Oregon’s Water Temperature Standards

Council: Northwest Likely To Continue Producing More Electricity Than It Needs Spring, Early Summer

Idaho Intercepts At I-90 Station Two Mussel-Infested Boats From Great Lakes Region

So Far, Only A Single Chinook Through Bonneville Dam As Anglers Await Projected Good Return

Though Permits Denied, Grant PUD Moving Forward On Streamside Salmon Rearing Facilities

Upper Deschutes Salmon Reintroduction Plan This Year Includes Moving Returning Spawners Above Dams

Ocean Indicators Report: Persistent ‘Negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation’ Positive News For Salmon

Restored Upper Deschutes Creek Channel Provides New Habitat For Salmon, Steelhead

Washington High Court Says State Has No Legal Jurisdiction Over Tribes At Treaty Fishing Access Site

2011 Fall Chinook Redd Survey In Lower Snake, Tributaries Produces Second Highest Count On Record

Corps Issues Draft Plan To Curtail Nesting Of Burgeoning Salmon-Consuming Cormorant Colony

A Reservoir Drawdown To Stream Level Aiding Recovery Of Willamette Spring Chinook Stock

Northwest States Want Tougher Boat Inspections At Lake Mead To Reduce Threat Of Quagga Mussels

California Study Focuses On How Unmarked Hatchery Fish Can Mask Condition Of Wild Salmon

California Releases Adult Hatchery Reared Coho Into River Hoping To Reestablish Natural Spawners

Tribes, Idaho Urge Lower River Chinook Harvest Impacts Be Spread Out Over Full Season

Feds, Land Trust Complete Largest Estuary Habitat Purchase; Goal Is To Connect Wetlands With River

Spring Chinook Return Expected To Be Large; Wild Component Predicted Above 10-Year Average

Hatchery/Wild/Supplementation: Agencies Scoping Plan For ‘Hatchery Effects Evaluation Team’

Big Chunk Of Corps’ 2012 Fish Mitigation Budget Aimed At Willamette Valley Fish Passage

Moisture Streaming Into Northwest Gives Columbia Basin ‘Snow/Water Equivalent’ Big Boost

Basin’s April-Sept Runoff Forecast Now At 90 Percent; Rosiest Scenario Only Gets It To Normal

Study Details How Reduced Mountain Snowfall Can Lead To ‘Classic Ecological Cascade’

Tribes Release Comprehensive Lamprey Restoration Plan Aimed At Reversing Plummeting Numbers

Council Science Report: Salmon Recovery Efforts Need Better Tracking Of ‘Adults In’, ‘Smolts Out’

Council Recommends $10 Million To Umatilla Tribes For Salmon Habitat Projects In ‘Ceded’ Areas

Columbia River Fishery Managers Predict Strong Spring, Summer, Fall Chinook Returns For 2012

2011 Harvest Data Shows High Numbers In Angler Trips, Landed Chinook, Steelhead

New Report Details Impacts Of Wolf Restoration On Yellowstone Park Ecosystem Health

Study Says Selective Traits In Hatchery Fish Can Happen In A Single Generation

Oregon Attorney General Issues Modified Ballot Title Proposing Non-Tribal Gillnet Ban

New Fish Passage In the Upper Deschutes For Sockeye, Steelhead, Chinook Showing Positive Results

FERC Calls BPA’s High Water/Wind Power Cutoff Rule Discriminatory, Orders Correction In 90 Days

Oregon Elections Division Certifies Two Proposed Non-Indian Gill-Net Ban Initiative Titles

Salmon BiOp Plaintiffs’ Urge New Judge To Consider Settlement Judge, Science Panel

Redden Steps Down; Allows New Judge Simon To Review Salmon Litigation Before 2014 BiOp Filed

Research Shows Columbia River Sockeye Adapting To Climate Change, Migrating Earlier

Channel Rehabilitation Below Bonneville Dam Brings Big Boost To ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Spawners

State, Tribal Coalitions, Feds Oppose Inserting Science Panel, Settlement Judge Into BiOp Remand

Research: Stream Warming Impacts On PNW Salmonids Require Prioritizing Conservation Efforts

Sea Lion Task Force Summary Completed; NOAA Decision On Lethal Take Expected In February

Researchers Study How White Salmon River Responds To Dam Breaching; Right Now ‘Lots Of Mud’

Winter Forecast Conference: Below Normal Temperatures, Above Average Precipitation?

Canadian Officials Say ‘No Confirmed Cases’ Of Salmon Virus; NOAA Doing Research, Response Report

Blast Drains Condit Dam’s Reservoir On White Salmon River; Dam Structure Removal Set For Spring 2012

Economic Panel Compares Effectiveness Of Methods To Keep More Water In-Stream For Fish

Salmon BiOp Challengers Request Court Appoint Settlement Judge, Science Panel For Remand

Senators Call For U.S. To Conduct Independent Testing To Assess Risk Of Salmon Virus