Tribes Release Watersheds Report
OLYMPIA (January 24, 2005) – The treaty Indian tribes in western Washington, in cooperation with the state of Washington, have produced the most comprehensive report to date on the status of salmon...
View ArticleLandmark “Pathway to Recovery” For Skagit River Chinook Completed
LA CONNER (June 14, 2005) — After more than a decade of hard work, a groundbreaking recovery plan for Skagit river chinook salmon was completed on Friday. “The plan is a pathway to recovery for wild...
View ArticleHow Important Is Water?
OLYMPIA (August 2, 2005) ─ Think about it. Nothing is more important than water. You drink it every day. You bathe your children in it. Water quality is the foundation of salmon recovery efforts. Yet,...
View ArticlePuget Sound Partnership launched
Yesterday Billy Frank Jr. joined Gov. Christine Gregoire and other dignitaries to announce the Puget Sound Partnership. The Tacoma News Tribune: Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually Indian who is chairman of...
View ArticleQuinault Indian Nation Cooperating On Research To Improve Razor Clam Knowledge
TAHOLAH (April 11, 2006) – Ocean waves pound the beach and wind-driven spray chills the fingers of Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) shellfish biologist Kelly Curtis and tribal technicians on a late winter...
View ArticleTribes move elk to help farmer
Bellingham Herald: Four elk were relocated Monday from the Acme area, where they were among the 75 animals that have been trampling fences and eating crops. Regardless of the small number of elk...
View ArticleRain/Wind Probable Cause for Large Fish Kill in Gorst
GORST (May 25, 2006) — Gusty winds and associated rains Tuesday evening are believed to be the cause of a major fish kill at the Gorst Creek salmon rearing facility. An estimated 1.6 million fall...
View ArticleLummi gets estuary money
Bellingham Herald: The Lummi Indian tribe received a $66,000 grant to design a restoration project on a Nooksack River estuary. The project is one of nine throughout Puget Sound to receive a portion of...
View ArticleThe Olympian: Nisqually River project a step forward
The Olympian has a great opinion piece this morning on the Nisqually River estuary project and how it relates the Puget Sound restoration: The reason several hundred politicians, tribal members,...
View ArticleBeing Frank: Help Save Turtle Island
The defeat of Initiative 933 and other results of the recent election instilled some new hope in me. Hope that there might be some public inclination, after all, to turn the tide of apathy. Hope that...
View ArticleArlington Times: Stillaguamish Tribe plants trees at “adopted” Hatt Slough...
Arlington Times: STANWOOD – Volunteers from the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians and Stanwood High School planted more than 300 native trees and shrubs from the Tribe’s BankSavers nursery at Hatt Slough...
View ArticleNewspapers, TV cover elk relocation
King 5 news ran a story on Friday about the relocation of six elk from Whatcom County to Snohomish County. Watch the video here. Over the weekend, The Bellingham Herald and the Skagit Valley Herald...
View ArticlePapers cover Sequim elk update
The Seattle Times and the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader both posted the latest update on what the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and the state of Washington have proposed to do with the Sequim...
View ArticleSVH: Wiley Slough restoration moving forward
The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) had a story yesterday about plans to restore tidal flooding to Wiley Slough. The project is a partnership between Skagit River System Cooperative and...
View ArticleKitsap Sun: Story and video on new selective fisheries
The Kitsap Sun published an indepth story on the new selective chinook fisheries regulations, set by the tribes and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife several weeks ago. The regulations...
View ArticleSVH: Wiley Slough’s return to nature delayed
Plans to restore Wiley Slough have been stymied by hunters’ concerns about losing a popular recreation site. The Skagit Valley Herald (full story is available online): CONWAY — Pressure from hunters...
View ArticleSVH: Plans for Nooksack Herd Unveiled
The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) covered a Fish and Wildlife meeting last week in Mount Vernon: State and tribal wildlife managers have tentatively agreed on a limited elk hunt of the...
View ArticleSVH Editorial: Limited permits for hunting bull elk are equitable
The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) editorialized in favor of the plan to hunt 30 bulls in the Nooksack elk herd: In the ever-narrowing space between human and animal habitat, the...
View ArticleKitsap nearshores closely observed
The Kitsap Sun published a story about the Kitsap Nearshore Assessment Team. The team is collecting data about the quality of fish and wildlife habitat on the eastern shores of Kitsap County. The...
View ArticleBiologists use high-tech equipment to spy on Skagit River chum
Tribes are working with Seattle City Light to study Skagit River chum. The P-I reports: SEDRO-WOOLLEY — On the Skagit River, biologists netted a 3-foot chum salmon with stripes the color of a bad...
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