Chinook News

Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 12:43 p.m. PDT State opens fishing on parts of the Okanogan, Similkameen and Columbia rivers OLYMPIA - The state is opening some parts of the Okanogan, Similkameen and Columbia rivers to salmon fishing.

Just a few years ago, there were still quite a few ferryboats around the Sound that were not purpose-built for Washington.

Last week, river fishing was pretty much a hit-and-miss venture this side of the Cascade Mountains because of low, clear water.

Chinook salmon once flourished in tidal marshes that stretched from Smith Island, near the mouth of the Snohomish River, upstream to Ebey Slough.

What: Twelve historic wood-frame buildings still stand on the site of this former military fort.

An alert reader sends along another one . Posted at 2:40 PM Comments Some of you have probably read about the torpedoes fired by a small Japanese submarine off Fort Clatsop near Astoria and Fort Columbia near Chinook, WA inside the bar of the Columbia.

The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum offers free admission to kids younger than 6. The fish windows at the Bonneville Dam give kids a chance to see salmon up close.

Chinook and steelhead fishing have been a hit-and-miss venture in Western Washington this week.

It is time to stop the legal and political posturing over salmon recovery on the Columbia and Snake rivers and implement the comprehensive plan approved by federal agencies, three of four Northwest states, six Native American tribes and legions of groups and individuals.

The Stillaguamish Indian Tribe plans to host its own Salmon Ceremony this year, after about 20 years of skipping the traditional event.

The pollock fishery - North America's largest seafood harvest - would have to shut down if the Bering Sea trawl fleets accidentally caught more than 60,000 chinook salmon under a proposal approved Monday by a federal fishery council.

The federal government has granted Washington, Oregon and Idaho permission to kill up to 85 of sea lions a year for five years, and for 2009, that window begins Monday.

Key northern marine waters reopen to chinook fishing Saturday, giving anglers more viable options, and that's good since steelhead fishing in the rivers is dreadfully slow.

Washington Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark has ordered a review of a lease granted by his predecessor to a mining company building a dock for an expanded gravel mine on Maury Island in south Puget ...

Washington State Ferries has closed the sale of the passenger-only fast ferries Chinook and Snohomish for $4 million.

About those snow loads on roof BY CHRIS COWBROUGH S-E Editor If home or business owners are worried about increasing snow loads on their roofs, then city of Colville Building Inspector Bob Cleaver has a tried ...

It is the time of the year when the Department of Fish and Wildlife begins its yearly evaluation of fish returns and expectations for the upcoming year.

The Nisqually Tribe's effort to restore a wild salmon run "is the perfect story" that inspired the latest exhibit at Sant Ocean Hall, says Jill Johnson, an exhibit developer who spent five years working on the ...

When seven resident killer whales that frequent inland waters of Washington went missing this year, there was no shortage of suspects.

The threat of lowland snow and some of the coldest weather in nearly 20 years will follow the powerful storm that blew into the region Friday, bringing scattered lowland snow, fierce winds and blizzard-like ...