Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

A federal judge has given NOAA four months to make a Endangered Species Act listing determination for two distinct ...

Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of all ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies today secured court-ordered deadlines requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service to determine whether spring-run Chinook salmon in Oregon, ...

Conservationists are celebrating the protection of five miles of river frontage along the White Salmon River. The 174-acre ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific ...

The total Washington coast-wide recreational Chinook quota of 53,750 adults is better than the 41,000 fish quota of 2024.

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 156 salmonid boats and 514 Washington bank rods were tallied on June 28.

The estimated return of adult spring Chinook is projected to be 1,201, potentially marking one of the lowest returns since 2009, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Oregon and Washington health officials issue advisories for multiple lakes due to harmful algae blooms with dangerous ...