PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...

A very low return of spring Chinook salmon in the South Umpqua River has conservationists alarmed. Several groups now want the fish given federal protection. Fall Chinook salmon swim upstream near the ...

May 24—Legends tell of people walking across rivers on the backs of salmon, scooping fish from creeks with pitchforks and rivers turning red from flashes of scales in the fall. Whether or not they've ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on Tuesday for delaying decisions ...

Spring-run Chinook salmon are also a preferred and primary food for Southern Resident orcas, which are themselves listed as endangered, having a population of only 73 individuals. Diminishing salmon ...

Chinook salmon, also known as "king salmon," is the largest and most valuable of all Pacific salmon species. (Photo by Conrad Gowell via Native Fish Society) (CN) — Conservation groups filed a lawsuit ...