Upper Skagit Tribe monitors juvenile steelhead survival and migration
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe is tracking Skagit River juvenile steelhead before they out-migrate...
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Stream Temperatures Provide Insight into Salmon Habitat
The Suquamish Tribe has spent the past 15 years tracking water temperatures in nearly 30 of Kitsap...
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Tribes join effort to monitor for invasive green crabs
Tribal natural resources staff are setting traps for European green crab on the North Olympic...
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Being Frank: Accountability matters for water and treaty rights
Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission....
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Native Nations Standing together for the Paris Climate Change Agreement
The following is a statement from The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation, the...
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Beaver relocation expands west of the Cascades
For the fourth year, the Tulalip Tribes’ wildlife program plans to capture beaver in the Snohomish...
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State of Our Watersheds: Samish Bay Pollution Impedes Tribal Harvest
Despite the efforts of the Clean Samish Initiative formed in 2009, tribal treaty rights to harvest...
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State of Our Watersheds: Shoreline Armoring Diminishes Nearshore Fish Habitat
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has been keeping a close eye on shoreline armoring in the Port...
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State of Our Watersheds: The Green River is missing 95 percent of the logs salmon need
Logjams are important salmon habitat.Historically, downed trees washed into rivers where they...
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Being Frank: State Water Quality Standards Finally Updated
Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission....
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The treaty tribes applaud protective water quality standards
Statement from Lorraine Looomis, chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, on the...
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Climate Change Impacts to Tribal Rights and Resources
Today the treaty tribes in western Washington released a comprehensive report on how climate...
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