Near the Columbia River Estuary at the mouth of the river it may be mostly freshwater; as it expands into the Pacific it becomes brackish; in places it might be a 50-50 mix of fresh- and saltwater ...

Sea lions grab the attention at Astoria in the lower Columbia River Estuary, but there is plenty else to see and do where the River of the West meets the Pacific Ocean. Here are three paddling ...

Cormorants perch in December on the seaside span of the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a crucial connection of Highway 101 across the Columbia River. The bridge is home to the largest colony of double ...

Dredge entrainment of Dungeness crab in the Columbia River Estuary – Greg Williams, PNNL's Marine Research Operations, Sequim, WA, will address loss estimates of Dungeness crab as a result of ...

The Columbia is the river everyone seems to know about but doesn’t really "know." The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership would like to change that — with a water trail you can paddle.

Lower Columbia River tributary fishing report for April 28-May 4 Outdoors May 10, 2025 Columbia River pulls off dramatic 5-4 win over R.A. Long to clinch 2A GSHL baseball title ...

Fall chinook salmon fishing in the Columbia River opens Tuesday with the arrival of ... That’s five days out of what historically have been the top 10 catch days in the Columbia River estuary.

Salmon-eating cormorants are thriving on OR-WA Columbia River bridge, making it the largest colony of double-crested cormorants in Western U.S.