Federal overseers this morning sent out an inseason action notice that salmon fishing off of Oregon’s North Coast and Washington’s South Coast will close early next week.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation reports $22 million from the US Forest Service has been awarded to complete the acquisition of nearly 18 square miles on the Grande Ronde River and Beaver Creek outside La Grande and which will be jointly managed with ODFW and open to the public.