Fish culture class brings together tribal hatchery staff
Being surrounded by peers can make a positive difference in a learning environment. That was the goal of a two-week…
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Pacific Lamprey population important to Elwha River restoration
Looking like a Ghostbuster, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe project biologist Justin Stapleton shoulders a backpack with boxes and switches connected…
Tribe, partners discover cancer in cockles
The Suquamish Tribe’s work to increase the regional cockle population for harvest has resulted in an unexpected discovery. Cockle cancer.…
Olympic Cougar Project reveals habitat limitations
It’s only taken a few years for the Olympic Cougar Project to develop a picture of how the cougar population…
Skokomish Tribe faces elk herd challenges
Elk mortality and failing radio collars have challenged the Skokomish Tribe’s efforts to track elk in the Olympic Peninsula. “We…
Tribes, Sound Toxins providing predictive data for harmful algal blooms
With more than 10 years of data under their belts, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe natural resources staff have developed a keen…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to hold coho salmon fishery this fall
PORT ANGELES, Wash.–The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (Tribe), Olympic National Park (ONP), and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife…
Students get hands-on hatchery experience in the classroom
It’s hard to say who is benefiting more from the new fish hatchery program at Neah Bay High School. There…
Assessing culverts for salmon restoration potential
Suquamish Tribe biologists have been bushwhacking throughout east Kitsap County looking for problematic culverts on salmon-bearing streams. Since September 2022,…