The media loves a bad news story. All summer and fall, you probably saw headlines like “ 'Grim' Fraser River salmon runs even worse than forecast ” and “ Low B.C. salmon stocks prompt consumer warning ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about a collection of stories including the start of winter recreation season, the controversial drawdowns at Green Peter ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Salmon are at the peak of their upstream migration in the rivers of the eastern Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido. Salmon spend three to five years feeding and growing in the open ...

some oceangoing salmon have returned in big numbers. It started with a record run of sockeye on the Columbia River, then a record number of threatened Hood Canal Summer chum returned to the Union ...

But climate change affects stream flows and temperatures that can support healthy salmon runs, and it’s hard to gauge whether habitat restoration is keeping pace or being outpaced by habitat ...

Theler Wetlands Visit: Wildlife Area Manager Laushman met with staff members from the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group at the Theler Wetlands to discuss upcoming trail and vegetation maintenance ...

Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors. This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Explore Oregon Podcast: Green Peter drawdown, Silver Falls hiking, record coho salmon runs ...

Oh, sure, it is Christmas and all that, but last week the prognosticators of such things put out their early forecasts for the upcoming spring and summer salmon runs on the Columbia River.

Giles said there have been healthy salmon runs in Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, where all three pods have been spending a lot of time recently feeding on fish. And that’s generally been the ...