Study examines potential seal predation of Stillaguamish salmon
As salmon runs returning to rivers across Washington have dwindled, seals and other pinnipeds that may prey on them have…
Author: Kimberly Cauvel
Tribe takes steps to protect, restore local forests
The Nooksack Indian Tribe signed a historic agreement with the U.S. Forest Service in February that will protect treaty resources.…
Restoring Snohomish estuary habitat to improve salmon survival
Where the Snohomish River meets the saltwater of north Puget Sound, the recently completed Blue Heron Slough project was the…
Fight in “brushfire mode” against invasive crab
In the ongoing battle to curb the spread of invasive European green crab in the marine waters of Washington state,…
New hatchery program aims to boost Skagit River chum
Water sloshed from the back of a truck as it made its way from the confluence of Sutter Creek and…
Testing imitation beaver dams as climate mitigation strategy
As the Stillaguamish River and its network of tributary and side channel streams braid their way across the landscape, they…
Restoring logjams for threatened Nooksack salmon
Along the North Fork Nooksack River, gravel shores are left wanting—particularly while they bake in the sun during the summer…
Upper Skagit tribe urges fish passage at Seattle dams
As deadlines approach in the relicensing process for Seattle’s Skagit River Hydroelectric Project, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe awaits insight…
Lummi hatchery hard at work amidst second year of South Fork die-offs
For the second year in a row, chinook salmon are going belly up in the South Fork Nooksack River before…