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News in Brief: April 27, 2022

Asphalt maintenance begins in downtown; ‘Screenagers’ community viewing May 2; Closure of I-84 east Exit 41 through May 12; Spring Chinook opens on Hood River

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States give Columbia River salmon anglers four more days

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The departments of fish and wildlife from Oregon and Washington today set four more days of recreational salmon and steelhead fishing on the Columbia River.

The fisheries will take place Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17 and on Wednesday May 20.

No spring Chinook fishing

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PENDLETON—The spring Chinook season originally scheduled to open April 16 is canceled, and steelhead fishing is also closing April 16 on the Umatilla River.

The closure will be in effect from the Hwy 730 bridge to the CTUIR reservation boundary (approximately 0.7 miles above Hwy 11 bridge).

Gorge hatcheries evacuated due to fire
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Gorge hatcheries evacuated due to fire

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SALEM — Three ODFW fish hatchery facilities in Cascade Locks—Bonneville, Oxbow and Cascade — were evacuated over Labor Day Weekend due to the Eagle Creek Fire. All ODFW staff are currently safe and accounted for and a small number of staff are returning to monitor facilities and fish as they are able.