- Orca scat clue to killer whale health
An apparent decline in the number of killer whales in Puget Sound may be due to a lack of food, such as Chinook salmon.
- Frontier dreams of gold clash with fish habitat
Ed Levesque heads into the Wenatchee Mountains every weekend with the same fever that lured his forebears here during the gold rush of the 1870s.
- Fish agency restricts gold dredging in creeks and rivers
To protect fish and fish eggs during critical spawning periods, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is limiting the time when miners can dig or dredge for gold in certain creeks, streams and rivers.
- WSF Can't Shake Passenger-Only Ferries
In 2007, the state legislature gave Washington State Ferries a mandate: Sell your passenger-only ferries and get out of that business.
- Orcas Dying in Puget Sound
Seven orcas in the Puget Sound region are missing and are presumed dead. What happened? Did food become too scarce when the flow of Chinook slowed down, or is this a much bigger problem? Also, a local agency ...
- Orcas deserve a fighting chance
Puget Sound's orcas are dying. Seven whales, nearly 10 percent of the population, disappeared this summer and are presumed dead.
- 'We're getting down to the last fish in the barrel'
It's been a rough summer for Orcas in Puget Sound. Seven killer whales have disappeared form their pods over the last few months and haven't been found.
- Take a trip back in time along the Columbia River
Top: A bronze, life-size sculpture of a California condor will be dedicated at the Port of Ilwaco as part of the "Ocian in View" celebration.
- Birders' Top Spots | Best birding at Chinook County Park
A favorite birding spot on the Columbia River in Pacific County. Location: In town of Chinook, Pacific County.
- Ferry sale could line porta s pocket
The Port of Kingston could soon receive additional funding for its passenger-only ferry service from the sale of two Washington State Ferries .
- Oct. 15: Lake Chelan triploid Chinook fishery reopens
Lake Chelan will reopen for Chinook salmon fishing today, Oct. 15, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
- Art tells age-old story The Confluence Project Sites
PHOTOS BY DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE A metal bench bears American Indian symbols at a land bridge in Vancouver, Wash., that's part of a two-state art undertaking called the Confluence Project.
- Chinook seasons set on Snake, Columbia rivers
For the first time in more than 20 years, anglers will be allowed to catch and keep fall chinook from the Snake River in Washington, starting today.
- Feds agree to clear channel to small port
The U.S. government is sending a life preserver, of sorts, to a small harbor along the Columbia River in the extreme southwest corner of the state.
- Chinook transported above Condit Dam
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees Chuck Hamstreet, at left, and Jeff Hogle transfer a tule fall chinook to a tanker so it can be trucked above Condit Dam on the White Salmon River.
- 'Every fish counts'
Thousands of sockeye will end their journey up the Cedar River to spawn this fall almost under the bridge that carries Interstate 405 over the river.
- Washington National Guard members assist with Hurricane Ike recovery efforts
Five UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and 28 members of the Washington National Guard are in Texas to assist with Hurricane Ike recovery efforts.
- This week's fly fishing report
Although the wait was long, the Chinook salmon appear to have arrived in the Nisqually River.
- The road to exceptional wine touring leads to Prosser
Wine touring in the fall is especially thrilling, because it is the season of the harvest.
