Restrictive Umpqua Wild Fall Chinook Fishery Approved
Umpqua River wild Chinook anglers escaped a full closure but will still see a heavily restricted fishery this fall....
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Oregon Vows To Continue Columbia Basin Salmon, Steelhead Restoration Efforts
Yesterday, the federal government backed out of a "landmark" deal aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia Basin. But the work is far from dead....
White House Pulls Federal Agencies Out Of Columbia River Deal
The federal government is pulling out of a deal that paused a long-running court case over Columbia River hydropower operations and their impacts on listed salmon and steelhead stocks and which might have led to the breaching of four dams on...
US Senate Committee Bid To Sell Off Up To 2.8 Million Public Acres Condemned
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Trout Unlimited are blasting a US Senate committee's proposal that they say would force the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land in the West, including potentially in...
Sekiu Boat Ramp, Parking Lot Buy Finalized
WDFW announces it has finalized the purchase of a four-lane boat ramp and trailer and vehicle parking lot at Sekiu, an acquisition funded by state lawmakers and approved by the Fish and Wildlife Commission earlier this year....
Witnessing WDFW’s 2025 Special Permit Draw
As Washington hunters sat on pins and needles earlier this week prodding WDFW's special permits website in hopes of seeing they'd been drawn, I got a backdoor glimpse into how the agency awards the tags....
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (6-10-25)
Early June 2025 catch stats for Chinook, steelhead, shad and walleye on the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
Coastal Cutthroat Trout Also Strongly Affected By Coho-killing 6PPD-q
A new study found that coastal cutthroat trout are nearly as sensitive to a tire preservative byproduct that gets washed into streams during rainstorms as coho salmon are....
ODFW Posts Proposed Coastal Wild Fall Chinook Regs
Ahead of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission's final decision late next week, ODFW has posted proposed wild fall Chinook regs for 2025's fishery, including closing most of the mainstem Umpqua and decreasing the Nehalem limit to two for the season,...
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Catch Stats (6-4-25)
Late spring 2025 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon, shad and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Willamette River below the falls....
NWIFC Chair Blasts Cuts To Federally Supported Fisheries Programs
Ed Johnstone, chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, says Western Washington tribes are seeing impacts from federal funding cuts to programs supporting salmon management....
Columbia Summer, Fall Salmon And Steelhead Seasons Finalized
ODFW lays out official information on 2025 summer and fall salmon and steelhead fisheries on the Columbia between Oregon and Washington....
‘We Can’t Just Leave Cougars Unmanaged’ – NE WA Researcher
A Northeast Washington wildlife biologist lays the problem of chronic cougar conflicts and political battles around the big cats in the state at the feet of a 1996 ballot initiative that sidelined hound hunters....
Oregon Free Fishing Weekend This Sat., Sun.; Angling Events Planned Around State
The second of ODFW's three Free Fishing Weekends of the year is coming up June 7-8, a time when you can catch trout, go crabbing, or attend a family fishing event without a license....
Spearfishing, Bait Approved Permanently For Smallmouth In Coquille; Derby Begins June 1
ODFW says anglers can now permanently use spears, spear guns and bait to help remove smallmouth bass from a coastal salmon stream where the bass were illegally introduced....
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (5-27-25)
Late May 2025 spring Chinook, steelhead and shad catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries, and the lower end of the Willamette system....