Oregon Field Guide Salmon return to the Klamath’s Oregon waters, but the river’s headwaters are still blocked By Cassandra Profita (OPB) April 3, 2025 6 a.m.

The Umpqua River, along with Smith and North Fork Smith rivers, has special regulations this fall due to low returns of both ...

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never been seen historically.

Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them.

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never been seen historically.

The Oregon Department of State Lands keeps a map of the vital waterways where the state's most iconic and vulnerable fish species are born.

How can you catch them? Coho salmon on the move in Oregon's rivers© Photo by Rick Swart / ODFW 2024 coho salmon run could break record in Willamette River ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about three major stories involving salmon in Oregon. And, he shares a fun song about the fish sent to him by a reader. Urness ...

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.

SEATAC -- Calling flagging numbers of salmon an emergency, federal fisheries managers slapped unprecedented restrictions Thursday on West Coast salmon fishing. The Pacific Fishery Management ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about three major stories involving salmon in Oregon. And, he shares a fun song about the fish sent to him by a reader. Urness ...