GRESHAM, Ore. -- Officials and residents alike are welcoming what they hope are new, permanent neighbors. Johnson Creek runs through the middle of Gresham and Southeast Portland. It now appears to be ...

In late summer, a Chinook helicopter will lower 220 trees into Deadwood Creek, McLeod Creek, and Condon Creek. The idea is to create “complexity” in waterways affected by 150 years’ worth of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coho salmon are heading into the Upper Willamette Basin in possibly record numbers this year. This picture is from Eagle Creek.

Coho returns to the Columbia River have been way above the projection, with the fish pushing into areas where they are rarely seen, and delighting anglers. With the earlier returning “A” run busting ...

Coho salmon returning to freshwater each fall often die, gasping for breath and swimming aimlessly, before they are able to spawn. Scientists now know why. After years of chemical sleuthing, ...

When officials in Seattle spent millions of dollars restoring the creeks along Puget Sound — tending to the vegetation, making the stream beds less muddy, building better homes for fish — they were ...

Janet Cavanagh of Vermont looks for coho salmon in Lagunitas Creek on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, during a visit with her sister Sally Cavanagh of Woodacre. Endangered coho salmon runs have returned to ...

This is a story of sex, deceit and the desperate struggle for survival. And it plays out every year like a Greek tragedy, starting with romance and ending in death. It is the saga of what you probably ...

Endangered coho salmon spotted returning to spawning grounds after well-timed precipitation The heavy rains that soaked California late last year were welcomed by farmers, urban planners – and ...