A 2017 peer‑reviewed study found that winter flooding of rice fields produces dense zooplankton and can deliver some of the fastest freshwater growth rates recorded for juvenile Chinook, with fish ...

A year after the historic removal of four dams along the Klamath River in Northern California and Southern Oregon, Chinook ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in an ongoing series by Sacramento Bee opinion writer Tom Philp examining the precipitous decline of California’s wild salmon and what can be done to head off ...

A West Sacramento-area high school freshman is celebrating a big achievement: He is now a four-time international ...

Today we're out on Lake Ontario, it's late April, and the water temp is 42F. We're trolling with lead core line fishing for ...

Reports of spawning salmon running up the Salmon River from Lake Ontario have been pouring in for over a month now, but many anglers say they haven’t yet seen a major push of fish come through. Higher ...

A salmon passed through the fish ladder of a key dam on the upper Klamath River on Sept. 24, in what wildlife officials hope is a sign of the iconic fish repopulating ever-greater stretches of the ...

Conservation groups and states ask court to lift litigation pause on salmon 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement paused lawsuits and promised funds Groups urge dam removal and investment in ...

Through an innovative partnership among farmers, the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, and conservation groups, the stakeholders along the Olympic Peninsula's Dungeness River are demonstrating how ...

Homes in West Sacramento stand near the South River Road levee in 2008. County officials are urging drivers to use caution between West Sacramento and Freeport due to shoulder erosion. Randy Pench ...

Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. Now, fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet ...

A record number of sockeye have returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit river on their annual spawning migration, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. From June through October, ...