LEWISTON – The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers. That’s the sort-of-good news.

Rogue and Smith. The Coos and Siuslaw populations, as well as a former population in the Salmon River, have disappeared. “Spring Chinook numbers have plummeted in the past 20 or so years and they ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...