Though Oregon and Washington added two more days of fishing for spring chinook in the lower Columbia River — Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 — there are signs of a lower than forecasted return of spring chinook.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Patrick Oshie to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, effective April 1.
Boaters anxious to get on the water after a long, cold winter are reminded to ensure their watercraft are Clean, Drained and Dry to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists counted 137 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 10 percent increase over last year’s count of 124, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2018 Annual Report released today.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District is increasing controlled water releases at most Willamette Valley dams as rain and melting snows are projected to fill reservoirs to near 100 percent capacity in the coming days.
The recovery of Washington’s wolf population continued in 2018 as numbers of individual wolves, packs, and successful breeding pairs reached their highest levels since wolves were virtually eliminated from the state in the 1930s.
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