This year, as of Sept. 17, 11,700 adult coho have already passed Willamette Falls — ahead of last year’s pace and double the average number of fish counted for the entire season from 1991 to 2022.

In areas that are open for retention of coho salmon in the Willamette River basin upstream of Willamette Falls, anglers with a valid 2024 Oregon two-rod validation may fish with two rods including ...

At least 119 people are dead and 173 people are still missing after devastating flash floods in Central Texas.

Sea lions have been blamed by state biologists for consuming around 25 percent of the steelhead that return to the Upper Willamette watershed.

At first glance, the Willamette River flows smoothly through Eugene, a scenic stretch of water often seen as the city’s natural heart. But to Michelle Emmons, co-executive director of Willamette ...

The number of coho salmon returning to the Upper Willamette Basin smashed records for the second year in a row, but it wasn't necessarily a bonanza for anglers. A total of 53,169 adult coho passed ...

The crew took out 16 full bags on a Friday, then returned at night, when lamprey are more active. Lewis counted 2,402 eels from that weekend. With around 1,500 Yakama elders and whole communities to ...

To free salmon stuck behind dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, here’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has in mind: Build a floating vacuum the size of a football field with enough ...

Courtesy of Tributary Hotel If you’re still looking to plan a weekend excursion before summer ends, almost nowhere is more idyllic in late August in the U.S. than the Pacific Northwest.

The Willamette Valley had really, really made it, but for those in the know, the ascendance of the pinot noir powerhouse in Portland’s backyard seemed almost inevitable.

In areas that are open for retention of coho salmon in the Willamette River basin upstream of Willamette Falls, anglers with a valid 2024 Oregon two-rod validation may fish with two rods including ...