Lower Columbia Managers OK 11-day Springer Extension

WDFW and ODFW extended the hatchery spring Chinook fishery on the Lower Columbia by 11 days, with season now running straight through Sunday, June 4.
Feds Petitioned To List OlyPen, Chehalis Spring Chinook Under ESA

The third petition in a year to list a coastal Northwest salmonid population has been filed with the feds, with two environmental groups calling for Olympic Peninsula and Chehalis River spring Chinook to be placed on the Endangered Species Act list.