Conservation effort for orcas begins on land
The Quileute Tribe and the Clallam Conservation District joined together last month for a restoration project during Orca Recovery Week.…
Author: Trevor Pyle
Test fishery holds promise for tribal fishers
A Nisqually Tribe study on the effects of gillnetting and releasing chinook salmon has produced promising results, and eventually could…
Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon
More than 140,000 juvenile coho salmon departed the Goldsborough Creek watershed this year, an exciting milestone after the Squaxin Island…
Quileute Tribal School receives blessing
The Quileute Tribe’s Move to Higher Ground initiative achieved a milestone this summer with the blessing of the new Quileute…
Nisqually pilot project may protect streams — and fish
A pilot project by the Nisqually Tribe and partners may eventually make streams safer for fish and other aquatic creatures. …
Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water
The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to ensure the corrections facility uses more…
Quileute project to help river, fish — and surrounding community
With the efforts of the Quileute Tribe and partners, a series of structures have sprung up around the lower Quillayute…
Puyallup Tribe teams with schools to raise, release chinook
The Puyallup Tribe donated chinook salmon so students at Chief Leschi Schools and Science and Math Institute could learn more about spawning, caring for and releasing them. The tribe hopes to gain scientific knowledge from the partnership, as well as offering education to local students.
Environmental DNA a burgeoning tool for tribes
It sounds like the fusion of a science-fiction story and a detective novel: a tool that allows scientists to detect…