Stillaguamish Tribe tracking freshwater mussels
The Stillaguamish Tribe is documenting the western pearlshell mussel in the Stillaguamish watershed to track how the once plentiful but…
Author: Richard Walker
Nooksack Tribe honors the salmon
The Nooksack Tribe held its First Salmon Ceremony in May to show gratitude to the salmon that feed the people. …
Forest acquisition could preserve water for summer streamflows
The Nooksack Indian Tribe and collaborators are taking steps to acquire 6,000 acres on Stewart Mountain in the South Fork…
Logjams provide long-term benefits to salmon habitat
Logjams installed in 2005 in a side channel of the Sauk River continue to protect homes on the Sauk-Suiattle Reservation…
Sea cucumbers show signs of rebounding
The sea cucumber population is potentially rebounding in the San Juan Islands, thanks to incremental harvest rate reductions and spawning…
SRSC, Navy team up to restore stream at Crescent Harbor
Crescent Harbor Creek whooshed over rocks and gurgled mid-channel as it meandered to the lagoon at the harbor, and Josephine…
Tulalip hatchery expansion will boost salmon production
Hatcheries, like the salmon they rear, need a lot of cool, clean water. The Tulalip Tribes’ Bernie Kai-Kai Gobin Hatchery…
Spawning fish are returning to Barnaby Slough
Neighbors had been cautious about the habitat restoration work that was to be done at the site of a former…
Clam garden will bring history full circle at Kukutali
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is bringing back an Indigenous shellfish cultivation method that dates back at least 4,000 years…