One of the most exciting markers of the change of seasons is the anticipation of the first autumn rains, and with them, the ...

Sockeye salmon in holding ponds after being collected at the Baker River fish trap on July 26, 2023. Nearly 92,000 sockeye salmon returned to the Baker River this year. That’s a historic milestone for ...

WDFW reports 91,880 sockeye returned to Skagit and Baker River system in 2025. 1.5 million juvenile sockeye passed Baker Lake collectors in May 2025. PSE, Upper Skagit, Swinomish and WDFW expanded ...

Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (USIT), the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and the Washington Department of Fish and ...

Projects around the state aimed at restoring salmon, which have been experiencing population decline, recently received a sizable chunk of funding. Last week, the Washington State Salmon Recovery ...

Completing this project will resolve water quality issues, help address invasive species concerns, and re-establish important habitat for juvenile salmonids by restoring 260 acres of estuarine and ...

Pacific salmon perform one of the greatest wildlife migrations on the planet. You can view the migration just east of Grays Harbor County at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. WHAT: View spawning chum ...

Southern Resident orcas of the J pod are pictured in an undated photo. Marla Smith, Orca Network Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Boaters are being asked to practice vigilance in Puget Sound as ...

Anglers will get four more days to fish for fall chinook and coho salmon on most of the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington fish managers met Wednesday and approved fishing for chinook and hatchery ...

SULTAN — 7.8 million pink salmon are estimated to make their arduous journey to the Puget Sound to spawn this year. It is the pinks’ largest population return in at least 25 years. To celebrate this ...