Wildlife officials, partner agencies, and tribes removed 182 sea lions at Bonneville Dam between October 2020 and late fall 2024. They removed 17 sea lions at Willamette Falls. “WDFW continues ...

similar to feasting grounds the sea lions have established further upriver, on the rocks below Bonneville Dam and at Willamette Falls. In those two spots, tribes and state fishery managers pushed for ...

Working closely with treaty tribes at Bonneville Dam, Washington and Oregon wildlife agencies have removed 98 Steller sea lions and 84 California sea lions. The state of Oregon also has been ...

Only Washington, Oregon, and Idaho officials applied for kill permits. They set up platforms with cage traps near Bonneville Dam on the Columbia, onto which sea lions voluntarily climbed to rest.

Oregon and Washington will reopen sport salmon fishing Friday below Bonneville Dam. Anglers will get three days, through Sunday evening, then possibly another three days from Tuesday through Thursday.

As of April 6, the states estimated the catch as 528 adult spring Chinook kept and 105 released for 25,800 angler trips. Those low catches left the states with room to add the extra days. Anglers may ...

The Columbia River pours through the Bonneville Dam spillway on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at Bonneville Dam. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) At 12 this morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

Sea lions preying on migrating salmon and steelhead is an ongoing problem in local rivers. The sea lions' appetites are impacting vulnerable fish runs. Now, the Washington Department of Fish and ...