Washington will ban camping at Vernita Bridge site starting mid October. Department cites health risks, trash buildup and habitat damage from overuse. Officials plan day-use upgrades and seek funding ...

The years-long tradition of camping by Vernita Bridge on the Columbia River will end Oct. 16, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding campers. The fall chinook season is one ...

The bounty program that pays anglers for turning in northern pikeminnow caught on the Columbia and Snake Rivers opens for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 1. Recreational anglers earn up to $10 per ...

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

Among the changes being sought are an increased spill – allowing juvenile salmon to pass over dams instead of through ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 131 salmonid boats and 31 Washington bank rods tallied on the Oct. 18 flight count.

Repairs to Priest Rapids Dam and rebuilding a transmission line between Ancient Lakes and Frenchman Hills are among the Grant ...

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