A Chinook salmon leaps through the water on May 17, 2001, in the Rapid River southwest of Riggins, Idaho, as it attempts to clear a migration barrier dam. (Bill Schaefer/Getty Images) Salmon are ...

Doctors start assessing our health by counting the number of pulses we have in a minute. When it comes to Idaho’s migrating salmon and steelhead, we can get a quick idea of the health of the ...

A Chinook salmon spawning in a shallow stream near McCall. A Chinook salmon spawning in a shallow stream near McCall. (Sarah A. Miller/[email protected]) Conservation and fishing groups, ...

On the banks of the Snake River in far eastern Washington, sockeye salmon have had a rough summer. The water behind the last major concrete dam they have to swim past is way too hot. “It’s running 74 ...

Idaho’s rivers have long been a haven for anglers chasing the thrill of landing a Chinook salmon, but 2025 has brought some big changes to the fishing scene, especially on the South Fork Salmon River.

More than 1.2 million tiny juvenile chinook died at the Rapid River Hatchery earlier this month, a loss that could be felt by anglers from the mouth of the Columbia River to Riggins in the coming ...

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 ...