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 ...

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

Following a lawsuit filed by a coalition of conservation groups, a U.S. district court has set deadlines for NOAA Fisheries ...

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, ...

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

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.

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The population of summer-fall Chinook salmon expected this year on Washington's Skagit River will be the lowest in nearly 15 years, dealing another devastating blow to ...

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