A portion of the Cascade River is now open seven days a week to fishing for hatchery spring Chinook salmon through July 15. According to a state Department of Fish and Wildlife news release, the ...

The Cascade River, here as it flows near Marble Creek Campground in August 2014, has been given added environmental protections. Laura Ruthemeyer photo ...

The Cascade River, here as it flows near Marble Creek Campground in August 2014, is being considered for special environmental protections.

Ecology applied the same protective designation to river systems farther north, including portions of the Napeequa River in Chelan County and the upper watershed of the Cascade River in Skagit County.