A temporary rule prohibits wild spring Chinook salmon harvest on the mainstem Umpqua River and reduces the North Umpqua bag limit, ODFW announced Friday. Feb. 1 – June 30, 2025: Only hatchery ...

South Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, Rogue and Smith. The Coos and Siuslaw populations, as well as a former population in the Salmon River, have disappeared. “Spring Chinook numbers have plummeted in the ...

Once abundant throughout the river basins of the Pacific Northwest, Chinook salmon populations have declined to a fraction of their historical size. "Umpqua Watersheds has been tracking this ...