Rising water temperatures in the Columbia River Basin are raising questions about whether fishery managers must take new steps to save the imperiled fish. A persistent heat wave gripping parts of ...

There has been a "disappointing" drop in the number of salmon migrating upstream to spawn in the North West, according to the Ribble Rivers Trust. The Clitheroe-based charity said since 2012 the ...

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Sinixt Confederacy recently celebrated their seventh year of salmon restocking above the Grand Coulee Dam. Its barrier has interfered with ...

YREKA, Calif. — One of the first banners used by a coalition of tribes, environmentalists and other allies in a 20-year struggle to remove four dams from the Klamath River along the California-Oregon ...

An environmental group has filed a lawsuit claiming a privately owned Oregon dam unlawfully harms protected fish. The lawsuit comes roughly a year after the nonprofit reached a settlement in a similar ...

(CN) — A portion of a dam on the Puyallup River in Washington, operated by the utility company Electron Hydro, must be removed because it harms fish protected by the Endangered Species Act, a federal ...

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PORT ANGELES — The Washington State Department of Transportation is planning a giant salmon restoration project here that could require buying out a motel owner, tearing down the building and ...

The toxic byproduct of a chemical commonly used in tires and rubbers has been linked to massive coho salmon die-offs. A chemical blamed for destroying salmon populations in the Northwest will be under ...