After a delay in part due to the rough weather that swept across western Oregon this spring,  the McKenzie River Trust, owners of several parcels of land along the banks of the McKenzie River, recently announced that its Finn Rock…

By the end of May 2022, approximately 14,000 spring Chinook had passed over the Willamette Falls at Oregon City, making their way to the hatcheries of their origin that are situated on several of the upper Willamette River tributaries. It…

Memorial Day has always marked the beginning of the summer season. But it’s important not to overlook the significance of the Memorial Day observance and what it means to Americans. The day was set aside in the late 1800s, originally…

As the most common fish species in Oregon, trout have historically thrived in the southern Willamette Valley and many other Oregon regions. Both cutthroat and rainbow trout are indigenous to Oregon and you will find native populations of both “cuts…

I’ll leave it to my readers to determine the cause, whether our changing climate is the result of a cycle or human activities. There is no doubt, however, that our climate is warming. The warming has become so acute that…

I concluded my most recent column for The Chronicle with what I had hoped would be a specious rumor.  Unfortunately, that is not the case. The Corps of Engineers that provides funding for hatchery trout and summer steelhead in the…

It’s been a mixed bag of good and some not-so-good news for local anglers during the past few weeks. Work at the Junction City Pond has wrapped up after a major overhaul to the parking surface, fishing dock, and improved…

It was a tough start for winter steelhead season this year in the Northwest. Snow and ice swept over large parts of the Willamette Valley, followed by a series of warm Pacific storms that accelerated the melt of much of…