Cutting-edge technique helps Quileute Tribe’s restoration project
A new scientific tool has boosted the Quileute Tribe’s ability to monitor river restoration projects. Environmental DNA (eDNA) can detect…
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Real-time data buoys make ocean fishing safer
With rapidly changing conditions and threatening swells, the ocean can be a dangerous place for tribal fishers along the Olympic…
Getting data after dark: Students study smelt run with tribe
Late autumn into winter, a small, shiny, oil-rich fish can be found navigating the Nooksack River. It’s a type of…
Oyster nursery puts youth science, math skills to use
High school students and Olympia oysters are benefiting from a partnership between the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, scientists and educators. Team…
How much thirstier are young trees versus mature forest?
Through winter morning mist, thick fern underbrush and spongy ground, Nooksack Indian Tribe water resources program staffers Chris Trinies and…
Agreement: Dam operator will invest in salmon recovery
For the continued operation of three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River, a settlement agreement between the public power company…
Partnership, logjams fuel Owl Creek restoration
Visitors to Owl Creek last fall marveled at the sight: the white belly of a chinook, flashing in the sun…
Tribe tracking how birds use newly restored estuary
Armed with binoculars, a spotting scope, notebook and pencil, Skokomish tribal staff hike the tribe’s estuary twice a month to…
Being Frank: Habitat remains key to salmon recovery
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…