Being Frank: Tribes must be at the table when natural resources policies are written
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Tribe to manage national wildlife refuges
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe took on management of the Dungeness and Protection Island national wildlife refuges this summer from the…
Beach restoration to support Lake Ozette sockeye
While most salmon create egg nests in streams, a portion of the Lake Ozette sockeye (blueback) population spawn on the…
Tribe studying various cockle-growing methods
The Suquamish Tribe is figuring out how to give tribal members more access to cockles by growing their own. “We’re…
Being Frank: Fish passage restoration is worth the price
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
What would it mean to repeal the Climate Commitment Act?
The state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) provided $3.2 billion to the 2023-2025 budget, generated by auctioning off emission allowances to…
Climate funding supports tribal resiliency projects
For years, tribes in western Washington have been gathering data on how climate change affects their tribal members, but there…
FISH WAR documentary coming to regional film festivals
FISH WAR is coming to film festivals in western Washington and Vancouver, B.C., in September and October. This documentary film,…
Being Frank: Federal funding supports tribal hatcheries that benefit everyone
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…