Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native ... mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, still water created by hydroelectric dams throughout the Columbia River ...

(Photo courtesy of Bob Rees) Salmon fishing season in the Columbia River will continue at least through Sept. 30, Washington ...

The U.S. government recently recognized the harm caused by the dams and has promised to work to restore salmon runs but ...

That's according to Idaho Fish and Game (IFG), which issued a statement Monday (Aug. 19) regarding the large number of sockeye coming back to the area through the Columbia River system.

The Fish Passage Center recorded an astonishing 755,909 sockeye over Bonneville Dam this year, smashing the 10-year average ...

Though rare, It’s not unheard of to see whales in the mouth of the Columbia River, specifically killer whales.

But small boxes on the bottom of the ladder and bypasses aim to make it more hospitable to the important, if unusual-looking Columbia River fish species. Efforts like these to mitigate the ways ...

A sturgeon that appeared to be at more than 6 feet long was illegally pulled out of the Columbia River and likely died, according to the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division. The ...

The list was released for World ... according Mixbook. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area offer hiking trails, fishing, nature viewing and scenic drives along the Columbia River's path ...

A great fishing shirt not only ... on a brisk March day on the Arkansas River in Colorado. It was windy and in the upper 30s, ...

This summer for the first time the U.S. government acknowledged that nearly a century of damming waterways in the Columbia ...

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