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

The number of coho salmon returning to Oregon’s coastal rivers has improved dramatically in recent years, to the point that the salmonoid may qualify for removal from the federal Endangered Species ...

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

Pacific salmon are ecologically, economically, and culturally important species indigenous to British Columbia, Canada. Unfortunately, some populations of Pacific salmon have been declining due to ...

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 ...

While work crews continued dismantling dams on the Klamath River, leaders of four tribes gathered on a riverbank last week to watch and offer prayers as a valve on a tanker truck was opened. From a ...

FILE - Julann Spromberg, a research toxicologist with Ocean Associates Inc., working under contract with NOAA Fisheries, observes a salmon placed in a tank of clear water after it died from four hours ...

U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return ...

PORTLAND — A federal agency has released a road map for the recovery of threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon. The draft plan from the National Marine Fisheries Service focuses on protecting and ...

Some salmon roam many miles In a series of streams on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, researchers documented almost 900 different juvenile coho salmon, steelhead, and trout moving between drainages.

Scientists documented juvenile salmon traversing Washington coast waters between three watersheds on the Olympic Peninsula. Illustration shows the travels of two juvenile coho salmon and one juvenile ...