The federal government has restored funding for a captive breeding program designed to ensure survival of California’s delta smelt, even as President Donald Trump has sharpened criticism of the ...

A long-running fight over California water and the fate of a tiny fish found a new front with a House measure to strip federal protections from the longfin smelt.

Britton K. Ransford, a communications specialist for the southwest region of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the peak of smelt season was not expected to be Wednesday ...

Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12 ...

(Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday ...