Record Chinook salmon return expected at Whatcom Creek, thanks to a partnership between BTC, WDFW, NWIFC, and local tribes.

For the first time in nearly a century, adult winter-run Chinook salmon have been spotted swimming in the McCloud River, a ...

Lummi Nation and Bellingham Technical College have been collaborating for several years on a hatchery program.

As of mid-2025, more than 125 adult chinook salmon have returned to the Columbia River following the original release throughout the blocked areas of the Upper Columbia River. On July 8, a Chinook ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) says they are anticipating the largest Chinook Salmon return on record ...

In better times, droves of young winter-run Chinook salmon would travel 300 miles downstream from the Sacramento River, ...

Adult winter-run Chinook salmon have been seen in Northern California’s McCloud River for the first time in decades. On July ...

California's latest estimates for the fall run of Chinook salmon show a population decline. State officials say the fishing season could be scaled back or shut down.

Chinook is also called "king" salmon because they're the largest of the Pacific salmon species. The recommendations now got to the National Marine Fisheries Service for approval by May 16.

When the state began tracking the winter-run Chinook population in 1970, there were more than 40,000 salmon making the sea-to-Sacramento River migration. The census last year found 80 percent ...

A Chinook salmon at Dagger Falls near the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. There are 13 species of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River drainage that are endangered.