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The federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams said he doesn't think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take.
The fight is on between backers of an Alaska mine being developed near the world's most productive wild salmon streams and 13 Seattle restaurants.
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California's San Joaquin River teemed with so many king salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork.
A federal judge has asked critics of the Obama administration's plan for Northwest salmon to file their responses by Oct. 2. The administration will then have two weeks to submit its reply to U.S. District Judge James Redden in Portland.
Calling it an "insurance policy" for Pacific Northwest salmon, the Obama administration on Tuesday offered up a tougher conservation plan for the fish that includes climate-change monitoring and the "last-resort" possibility of removing dams.
The Environmental Protection Agency revealed new limits Friday on three pesticides commonly used on western farms to protect endangered and threatened Pacific salmon.
California's third year of drought has worsened the already dire outlook for endangered coho salmon, as coastal creeks used for spawning dwindle into disconnected pools where fish get trapped and die.
For the first time in more than a century, scientists have found wild-born Atlantic salmon in a Lake Ontario tributary that once teemed with the fish.
A federal judge has given the Obama administration another month before informing him of its plans for improving salmon restoration efforts in the Columbia Basin.
Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty.
Federal regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, prompting howls of protest from state officials because it will further reduce the amount of water available to farms and urban areas.
The Obama administration is reviewing a Bush administration plan for balancing the needs of people and salmon in the Columbia River Basin — a plan that has been criticized by a federal judge as doing too little to help salmon.
The Commerce Department released $53 million to Oregon and California on Thursday to help West Coast salmon fishermen after the third fishery failure in four years.
The governors of Oregon and California are asking the federal government to declare another West Coast salmon fishery failure — the third in four years.
Federal biologists say three pesticides commonly used by farmers threaten the survival of many Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as threatened or endangered species in the West.
California's commercial chinook salmon fishing season will be called off again after a record low number of fish returned to spawn last year, federal fisheries managers announced Wednesday.
There won't be much of a salmon season for fishermen off the California coast for the second year in a row.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a sea lion trapped below Bonneville Dam is the first to die in a campaign to protect the salmon the animals feed on.
The federal agency in charge of saving salmon in the Columbia River Basin from extinction should have a plan in place to remove dams on the lower Snake River if necessary, a federal judge said Friday.
West Coast salmon fishermen can expect another lousy fishing season — the third in a row.
A record-low number of chinook salmon returned to rivers in California's Central Valley last year, indicating that severe restrictions on salmon fishing are likely again this year, federal regulators said.
Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don't reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday.
Environmentalists and consumer advocates urged the government Thursday to increase testing of farm-raised salmon from Chile after authorities in Germany detected banned chemicals in Chilean fish.
A panel of federal appellate judges is being asked to decide whether the government should count hatchery-raised salmon and steelhead when considering the fish populations for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Salmon populations are declining in CanadaFew would describe Toronto as a beautiful city.
Salmon harvest in 2009 is 11th-largest in historyThis year's commercial salmon harvest was the 11th-largest in state history. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, nearly 162 million salmon were harvested this year. That's 15 million more than last year, but 14 million below the pre season forecast. Although t …
Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmonIn early October, East Bay Municipal Utility District sent surges of water from the Camanche Reservoir down the Mokelumne River to coax Chinook salmon from the inner bay or the Delta into the river. The surges, or pulse flows, have been considered successful as nearly four times …
Portland judge has questions about Obama's salmon planOn Monday comes the latest in the long-running court battle over the government's plan to run its hydroelectric dams without pushing Columbia Basin salmon closer to extinction. And based on recent letters he's issued, U.S.
Controversy: Alaskan Salmon, Seattle Restaurants, a Pit Mine, and a BloggerWhat started as a press release landing innocently in the Inbox a few days ago has erupted into a little storm, complete with an AP story featuring Seattle restaurants and local food blogger Ronald Holden being picked up by The New York Times.
Watching Our Water WaysI often play a guessing game that involves rainfall and streamflows: Are we getting the right amount of rain to help our salmon, or are the rains causing streamflows to be too high or too low? It is easy to come up with an answer when we've had hardly any rain.
Salmon Get Farther Upstream, But Find New Problem CulvertMigrating salmon on the Kitsap Peninsula continue to benefit from high streamflows created by recent rains.
Alaska Commercial salmon harvest 11th largestThis year's commercial salmon harvest was the 11th largest in state history. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says nearly 162 million salmon were harvested this year. That's 15 million more than last year, but 14 million below the preseason forecast. This year's catch wa …
Fallowed route not implemented during pink salmon outmigrationEarlier this year a note to anglers sent out from the Nimmo Bay Fishing Resort seemed overly optimistic. "Salmon of all kinds in large numbers - a great year to go fishing!" it read.
Salmon farmers welcome inquiryBritish Columbia Salmon Farmers are welcoming the federal government's inquiry into this year's collapse of Fraser River sockeye salmon returns and once again defending their sea lice controls. "We will provide details on farm operations throughout the region to assist the inqui …
ADF&G Releases Preliminary 2009 Salmon Season SummaryThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary estimates Monday for the 2009 commercial salmon harvest and for the value of that harvest to commercial fishermen. These estimates are preliminary.
Returning salmon numbers up, downThe number of Chinook salmon returning to spawn this autumn in Central Valley rivers is fluctuating wildly - from improved returns in the Feather, Mokelumne and American rivers to returns as poor as 60 percent below last year's counts in Battle Creek, the most important spawning …
Judge won't take into account White House revision of salmon-saving planThe federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams says he doesn't think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take. In a letter to lawyers who will participate in a court hearing next Monday in Portland, U.S.
How Many Fish Do The Orcas Need?The single most important thing that needs to be done in order to ensure that the orca families of J, K, and L pods continue to thrive in our inland waterways is to provide them with adequate food. And for these whales, that means salmon, and lots of it.
Historic run: Coho re-enter Taneum CreekOne more piece of the Yakima River Basin salmon recovery puzzle -- this one marked Kittitas County's Taneum Creek -- will be fitted into place today. Coho salmon will be released in the creek where the removal of an old irrigation dam is giving migratory fish access to parts of …
Unregulated Fish Farms Threaten Salmon ProductionIn the past two months, tens of thousands of farmed salmon have escaped from open-net fish farms in British Columbia, Norway and Scotland. This poses serious threats to wild salmon populations and coastal marine ecosystems.
Best Coho Salmon Return in over 30 yearsIn the last 30 years, there has never been recorded sitings of salmon through this small creek in Boring, Oregon that measures 4' wide and 1 1/2' deep at it's fullest.
Late-fall king salmon abundant and soon available to anglersBeginning Monday, anglers get a limited shot at catching king salmon fresh from the ocean on the Sacramento River. Fishing for late-fall king salmon will run through Dec. 31.
Lower Numbers of Fall Chinook Salmon Returning to Battle CreekPreliminary data released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today indicates the number of adult fall run chinook salmon returning this season to Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, is roughly only 60 percent of what returned last year.
Salmon returning to Kittitas creekSalmon are on their way back to a 30-mile stretch of a creek near Ellensburg that was once blocked by an irrigation dam. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Thursday's release of coho salmon into Taneum Creek is the result of six years of work by federal, state, tribal and privat …
Wild-salmon-viewing made easy, with new Bay Institute mapFor a unique wildlife-watching experience, travel up to some of our state's streams.
NOAA chief Lubchenco to attend salmon hearingJane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will be attending what is likely to be the last court hearing on how to run hydroelectric dams in the Columbia Basin without driving wild salmon to extinction before a ruling. NOAA Fisheries Service spo …
Gov't to follow findings to save salmonIf there's a better way of managing the sockeye salmon fishery, the government wants to hear it. MP Randy Kamp said Fisheries and Oceans Canada will listen to the recommendations from Justice Bruce Cohen when he completes his judicial inquiry into the decline of the Fraser Riv …
Public needs to weigh in on issue of dam removalThe impression is being put forward that dam removal is a done deal. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many hoops to jump through first. The public needs to weigh in and verbalize its opinion.
Remember everyone involved in dams fightI have recently spent a great deal of time reviewing the issue of the Klamath River dams removal and am confused on why this project is attempting to secure funds for removal of the dams prior to full studies on the expected results. It has been reported in Yreka that the blue g …
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