Named after an engineer who played a key role in their development, the Chittenden Locks are the busiest in the country, with as many as 50,000 vessels passing through each year. Locals typically call ...

At the Ballard Locks this weekend, there’s a strong Chinook salmon run passing through — one of the strongest runs in the last decade. The number of fish is impressive, but what really caught the ...

Salmon are swaggering through Ballard and it’s a show not to be missed. The windows at the fish ladder at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are shimmering with fish. Not just any fish, but the toast of ...

There was a star at the Ballard Locks this weekend – a salmon with a grisly chunk taken out of its head. It was there on Friday. And it was still there Saturday. Would it make over the fish ladder?

It’s a big weekend at the Ballard Locks as sockeye salmon return as part of their journey upstream to spawn. The sockeye travel 40-50 miles upriver to spawn in Lake Washington during the summer. Every ...

Three years ago, a Washington state senator from Ferndale introduced a bill to study the costs and benefits of breaching the Ballard Locks. Republican Doug Ericksen, who died in 2021, didn’t really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) on the beach during the summer premoult stage. The construction of dams across the Pacific ...