A study found that the genetic code of spring-run Chinook salmon, like these in California’s Butte Creek, vary from fall-run salmon only in the DNA variance governing migration times. (Courtesy of ...
Scientists at U.C. Davis have found a genetic distinction between Chinook salmon that migrate in spring and fall. That has a Northern California tribe calling to make spring Chinook an endangered ...
Jes Burns / OPB A logjam on a river can be a beautiful thing – especially if you’re a salmon. Logjams collect the gravel salmon need to lay their eggs. But if you’re a spring chinook on the South ...
On Dec. 9, Washington and Oregon released the first spring Chinook projections for 2026, and the runs should be very similar to 2025. Some runs are down, but a few are expected to perform better than ...
LEWISTON – The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers. That’s the sort-of-good news. The ...
Feds May Look at Spring-Run Chinook Salmon as Genetically Distinct Wildlife conservationists have been long making the case that spring-run Chinook salmon are a genetically distinct species from the ...
Historically, spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon have been considered as separate subspecies, races, ecotypes, or even as separate species of fish. A new genetic analysis, however, shows that the ...
The states of Oregon and Washington have released the projections for this year’s spring Chinook run on the Columbia River, and they have also released a fall Chinook outlook. These first steps will ...
LEWISTON – Idaho anglers will be able to catch and keep nearly 10,000 hatchery spring chinook, according to the latest harvest share estimates from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The number of ...
May 20—Idaho anglers will be able to catch and keep nearly 10,000 hatchery spring chinook, according to the latest harvest share estimates from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The number of ...
BOISE, Idaho — For the first time, the Nez Perce tribe released 200,000 juvenile spring Chinook from a hatchery into the Sweetwater creek. "It's a ceremonial happy moment when we stock those streams," ...
Historically, spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon have been considered as separate subspecies, races, ecotypes, or even as separate species of fish. A new genetic analysis, however, shows that the ...