This year, fisheries managers are forecasting 122,500 adult spring chinook. But there is another bit of bad news. The return ...

A temporary rule prohibits wild spring Chinook salmon harvest on the mainstem Umpqua River and reduces the North Umpqua bag limit, ODFW announced Friday. Feb. 1 – June 30, 2025: Only hatchery ...

For instance, spring-run chinook salmon enter the rivers of Northern California and southern Oregon during the spring runoff, when the rivers are swollen with snowmelt. The waters are cooler and ...

For the past 10 years, the club has sponsored a first-fish event on New Year’s Day; always on Hagg Lake. While some spring ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The National Marine Fisheries Service today announced it will consider Endangered Species Act protections for spring-run chinook salmon on the Oregon coast. Today’s positive finding ...

Environmental groups and fish biologists say emptying not just Green Peter, but other reservoirs as well, is critical to saving spring chinook in the Upper Willamette Basin. The fish are barely ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian ...

In honor of the record, the local home-brew club has worked together with local breweries and Visit Spearfish to host the week-long Chinook Days festival. This is the 6 th year for Chinook Day and ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The National Marine Fisheries Service today announced it will consider Endangered Species Act protections for spring-run chinook salmon on the Oregon coast. Today’s positive finding ...