Nooksack, Lummi key partners in salmon education program
North Sound tribal members joined groups of Bellingham fourth graders this spring as they visited a local beach to study…
Author: Kimberly Cauvel
Ongoing monitoring shows success of estuary restoration
Where the Stillaguamish River melds with Port Susan Bay, monitoring continues to show that estuary restoration is working, providing refuge…
Baker River sockeye program a model for fish passage
In the spring, a fish passage facility on Baker Lake is busy as thousands of juvenile salmon, mostly sockeye, swim…
Hatchery program supports treaty salmon harvest on Cascade River
From the gravel banks along the Cascade River in the Skagit watershed, a few fishing nets stretched into the flow…
Passage Home: Tribes remove barriers to salmon habitat
Restoring fish passage to spawning habitat is one of the most cost-effective ways to recover salmon runs. The Tulalip…
Tribes respond to continued spread of invasive crab
Invasive European green crab continue to infiltrate waters of the Salish Sea, with detections in the homelands of the Tulalip…
Tribal hatchery helps introduce youth to aquaculture
Ferndale High School aquaculture students are getting a close-up look at the salmon lifecycle through a partnership with Lummi Nation’s…
Getting data after dark: Students study smelt run with tribe
Late autumn into winter, a small, shiny, oil-rich fish can be found navigating the Nooksack River. It’s a type of…
How much thirstier are young trees versus mature forest?
Through winter morning mist, thick fern underbrush and spongy ground, Nooksack Indian Tribe water resources program staffers Chris Trinies and…