The lower half of a fish ladder at Bonneville Lock & Dam in Cascade Locks remains unchanged as upgrades focus on the upper section. A new $8 million project at the Bonneville Lock & Dam aims to make ...

WOODLAND — Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each step, she carefully scanned the water in front of her, ...

Pacific lamprey have lived on Earth for about 450 million years. When humans came along, a deep relationship formed between Pacific lamprey and Native American tribes across the western United States.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A lamprey research biologist for Yakama Nation Fisheries will demystify Pacific lamprey secrets in relation to biology, ecology and more during a Tuesday evening lecture at Yakima ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email PORTLAND, Ore. – Pacific lamprey, an ancient, eel-like fish species, are seeing returns 170 percent higher than the ...

When Yurok citizen and biologist Keith Parker was a child, he fished for Pacific lamprey with his grandfather. Late at night, the two crept down to the mouth of the Klamath River on California’s ...

An ancient fish has been swimming in the waters of the Pacific Northwest since before trees existed. After surviving for hundreds of millions of years, Pacific lamprey were decimated by dams and other ...

Pacific lamprey were once a major staple in Northwest tribes’ diets. The oils were a source of nutrition. Babies used lamprey tails as teething rings. Now, as numbers decline, lamprey only make it to ...

This photo taken in July 2011 shows a lamprey at Willamette Falls in Oregon City, Ore. As long as Indians have lived in the Northwest, they have looked to lamprey for food. But in the decades since ...

We recently read the letter to the editor “Restoring lamprey populations could have a negative impact on state’s salmon.” While we appreciate the author’s concern for salmon, we feel compelled to set ...

Taking deliberate steps along the rocky bank, Monica Blanchard waded into the Stillaguamish, a roiling river that snakes through the lush conifer forests of northern Washington. It was a rare ...