Columbia River

A recent salmon field trip has helped students become more curious about salmon.

The decision to include light rail killed the previous version of the project nearly a decade ago, but the two states agree extension of MAX yellow line is the best option moving forward.

State health officials in Washington and Oregon are recommending the public limit their consumption of sturgeon caught from the lower Columbia River. Here's why.

The Environmental Protection Agency has listed Columbia River's Bradford Island and surrounding waters as a Superfund site, bringing more federal funding and the highest cleanup standards to the area.

Oregon's Department of Transportation is imposing a permit for vehicles driven along the Historic Columbia River Highway from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Vista House and Ainsworth State Park. The goal is to reduce traffic and overcrowding at scenic areas.

A conservation group is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the agency is polluting the Columbia River with hot water, oil and toxic chemicals that are killing large numbers of endangered salmon.

The largest wetland restoration project on the lower Columbia River is reconstructing 965 acres of floodplain habitat and re-establishing native plants like wapato, a prized Native American first food that tastes like potato.

Closures of recreational steelhead fisheries on the Deschutes, Umatilla, John Day and Walla Walla rivers are intended to limit damage to historically small runs.

The number of steelhead returning to the Columbia River this year is the lowest ever recorded. A group of conservation and fishing organizations say people should stop fishing for them this year.

 A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates