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Wed., Aug. 18, 2010
Court rules on logging roads, orders EPA regulation
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A federal appeals court Tuesday decided that mud washing off logging roads is pollution and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to write regulations to reduce the …
Sun., Aug. 8, 2010
U.S. may limit fish hatcheries on Columbia
PORTLAND – Federal biologists will recommend four options for dealing with salmon hatchery programs that feed into the Columbia River Basin, the toughest of which would pull federal dollars from …
Fri., Aug. 6, 2010, 8:55 a.m.
Sockeye to swim into Redfish Lake under own power
Enough endangered sockeye salmon are returning to central Idaho this year that some will be allowed to swim the final few hundred yards into Redfish Lake under their own power, …
Sun., Aug. 1, 2010
Sockeye surprise
BREWSTER, Wash. – A record run of sockeye salmon surging up the Columbia River this summer has delighted folks in this apple-growing region just east of the Cascades. ”We caught …
Wed., June 23, 2010, 11:45 a.m.
Idaho sockeye running with big Columbia fish surge
Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say the state could see higher numbers of endangered Snake River sockeye salmon returning this year.
Fri., June 4, 2010
Suit seeks more water for salmon
Conservation and fishermen’s groups are suing the Washington State Department of Ecology to allow more water over dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect salmon and steelhead.
Wed., May 26, 2010
Arrival of spring salmon has cooks fired up
Spring salmon season has arrived and with it, the sticker shock over the price of those first fish from the Copper River in Alaska. Paying upwards of $20 a pound …
Mon., May 17, 2010
Columbia River chinook run going strong
YAKIMA – Chance Fiander breaks into a sprint across the Columbia River’s rocky bank, pulls a fishing pole from its holder and gives it a good yank. Moments later, he …
Thu., May 13, 2010
Spokane Valley-reared fishing guide in love with Alaska
When Tom Belknap was growing up, two things ruled his life: a love of fishing and an expectation that he’d grow up to become a dentist in the Spokane Valley, …
Wed., May 12, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
$40M salmon hatchery planned at Chief Joseph Dam
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council approved plans Wednesday for a salmon hatchery at the Chief Joseph Dam to help rebuild chinook runs in the upper Columbia River watershed.
Sun., May 2, 2010
Springers surge to Yakima
The first fish arrived Wednesday for a spring chinook season that opened Saturday on portions of the Yakima River. A good run of salmon progressing up the Columbia system should …
Sun., April 25, 2010
Ocean salmon seasons set
Anglers are getting plenty of encouragement for planning summer salmon fishing trips to the Washington coast. The fishing will kick off earlier than in recent years with a June 12-30 …
Sun., April 18, 2010
Field reports: Elk Foundation boosts state habitat
CONSERVATION – Wildlife conservation projects in 17 Washington counties have been selected to receive grants totaling $186,270 from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation this year. Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, …
Sat., April 17, 2010
Alaskan waters lure Colville family as timber jobs wane
Spokane got a chance to taste the difference in Ken DesRosiers’ lifestyle Friday night after his first catch of the season was air-expressed from Alaska. Portions from the two bright, …
Thu., April 15, 2010
Chinook news good
Spring chinook salmon have started their run up the Columbia and Snake river systems in what could be the biggest numbers since 1938. Or maybe not quite that big.
Sun., March 28, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Learn skills to bike in traffic
OUTPEDAL – Bicycle commuters can put skill and safety on their side by enrolling in one of the upcoming “Smart Cycling, Traffic Skills 101” courses, created by the League of …
Thu., March 18, 2010, 5:26 p.m.
Chinook season to open April 24
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved a plan to open the spring chinook salmon harvest on the Clearwater, Lower Salmon and Little Salmon rivers late next month.
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010
Idaho likely to get huge share of springers
Spring chinook salmon are poised for a repeat of 2001, the recent high-water mark for salmon fishing in Idaho. Fisheries managers in Idaho are predicting a return of 180,000 spring …
Thu., Dec. 31, 2009
Biologists cheer return of coho to Columbia
YAKIMA – Fisheries biologists in the Pacific Northwest are cheering a record return of coho salmon this year to the upper and middle Columbia River basin, where the fish were …
Sun., Nov. 29, 2009
Out & About
Salmon warning served in Seattle OUTCRY – Seattle diners who ordered salmon at more than a dozen restaurants last week got their meal with a message: a warning that the …
Mon., Nov. 23, 2009, 1:29 p.m.
Columbia River salmon judge presses for resolution
A federal judge in Portland says he wants an end soon to 15 years of litigation over imperiled salmon and dams in the Columbia River system.
Sun., Oct. 25, 2009
Poachers caught fishing near hatchery
Three Kennewick men caught fishing in closed waters have been charged in Franklin County District Court on several counts involving theft of salmon and steelhead from a state fish hatchery …
Wed., Sept. 30, 2009, 10:27 a.m.
Utility agrees to removal of 4 Klamath River dams
In a major boost for dwindling salmon stocks, a utility company has agreed to the removal of four hydroelectric dams that for decades have blocked fish migrations on one of …
Wed., Sept. 16, 2009
Salmon plan has breach provision
WASHINGTON – In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in …
Tue., Sept. 15, 2009, 11:11 a.m.
Salmon plan boosts protection, administration says
The Obama administration says it will be more aggressive in protecting declining Pacific Northwest salmon runs and will study breaching some dams as a last resort in a long-awaited management …
Sun., Sept. 13, 2009
Heat bares ice at Mount Rainier
CLIMBING – An unusually early-summer snowmelt created hazards on the Muir Snowfield at Mount Rainier starting in August. Exposed bare glacier ice and crevasses have complicated travel on this route …
Sun., Aug. 30, 2009
Salmon pour into region
It is game on right now for an estimated 5.1 million pink salmon that are flooding into Puget Sound. “The pinks are as thick as fleas, and there are clearly …
Sun., Aug. 23, 2009
Out & About
Even ‘play dams’ are bad for fish OUTLAW – Rock dams built by kids and campers to create swimming areas in streams can be a death trap to migrating fish.
Tue., Aug. 18, 2009, 7:41 a.m.
Fishery managers predict big fall chinook run
Idaho fishery managers expect more than 28,000 fall chinook to cross Lower Granite Dam in neighboring eastern Washington on their return from the Pacific Ocean, which would make it the …
Sun., Aug. 16, 2009
Sockeye reach Stanley Basin
The first two sockeye salmon of the season completed the marathon journey from the Pacific Ocean, up the Columbia and Snake rivers to Little Redfish Lake in Idaho’s Stanley Basin …