Test fishery data to protect stocks — now and in the future
Two years ago, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe embarked on an effort to learn more about the impact sport fisheries have…
Author: Trevor Pyle
Treaty tree seedling planted on reservation
When representatives of nine tribes and bands of Indians signed the Treaty of Medicine Creek in 1854, a grove of…
Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority
Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe are proud to call themselves “People of the Water”—and now they’ll have a greater…
Planting seeds for budding careers
In the coming years, when camas is flowering, trees are growing and strawberries are ripening on the banks of the…
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.…
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. …