Rain Or Shine (an outdoor column)

For the first time in several decades not a single Winter Steelhead returned to the North Fork Alsea hatchery in December. As of January 29t...

Winter Steelhead Photo by Jorge Rubio      As salmon season winds down to an end on the nearby Alsea river, the north fork opened Decemb...

The holiday season is upon us, and the winter solstice is near, which means that with less hours of sunlight and colder weather, we are sp...

Fall Run Chinook Salmon As rainwater from early fall storms flows through the valley and into surrounding rivers, some late summer run ...

With rains coming early in the fall and paired with periods of warm dry weather, this season is producing a bumper crop of edible wild mush...