Before the dams went up, salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey could easily navigate the entire length of the Klamath River, ...

A yucca moth (Tegeticula Antithetica, top right) and other insects from a glue trap viewed through a microscope in the USGS laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Credit: Roberto (Bear) ...

Supporters call it ‘the largest conservation opportunity in the West.’ ...

A giant sediment pulse — millions of cubic yards of silt, clay and dead algae — trapped for decades behind the dams is now flowing downstream.

Scott Schuyler, a member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and its natural resources and cultural policy representative, stands by the site of the future wildlife crossing in Skagit Valley, Washington.

I was happy this all-lady crew — my daughter, my niece and I — were hunting together. The girls held their guns pointed toward the blue sky above us, ready. We all spotted the seal and I pointed the ...

Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’ ...

Tiffany Midge is a citizen of the Standing Rock Nation and was raised by wolves in the Pacific Northwest. Her book, Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s (Bison Books, 2019), was a Washington State Book ...

The Klamath River’s new main channel flows through the landscape that emerged when the Copco Reservoir was drawn down. The area was submerged for more than 100 years behind Copco Number 1 Dam. Credit: ...

This is the question the late Charles Wilkinson tackles in his latest, and posthumous, book, Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights, the first ...

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