By ERIK ROBINSON Rod Engle, a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, scoops salmon fry captured on the White Salmon River. New research suggests wild-spawning salmon will be able to recolonize the river after Condit Dam is removed in October 2009.

By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jun.

Spring chinook salmon season opens Sunday at Wind River and Drano Lake, and on April 1 in the White Salmon River and April 2 in the Klickitat River. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the angling regulations for the mid-Columbia tributaries late last week.

By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Nov. 1

By KATHIE DURBIN A development in a riparian area directly above Husum Falls appears to violate the buffer required under state shoreline rules and the river's management plan. Rafters ride Husum Falls on the Lower White Salmon River on Thursday.