Changes to Elwha estuary under observation following dam removal
The mouth of the Elwha River does not look the same as it did 15 years ago. In the mid-2000s,…
Category: Habitat
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…
Testing imitation beaver dams as climate mitigation strategy
As the Stillaguamish River and its network of tributary and side channel streams braid their way across the landscape, they…
Restoring logjams for threatened Nooksack salmon
Along the North Fork Nooksack River, gravel shores are left wanting—particularly while they bake in the sun during the summer…
New bridges open floodplain for salmon in Dungeness River
After years of being pinched with railroad bridges, trestles and dikes, an oft-visited section of the Dungeness River finally will…
Upper Skagit tribe urges fish passage at Seattle dams
As deadlines approach in the relicensing process for Seattle’s Skagit River Hydroelectric Project, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe awaits insight…
South Fork Skokomish gets much needed wood for fish habitat
More than 1,000 logs were placed strategically in the South Fork Skokomish River this summer during the Skokomish Tribe’s latest…
Lummi hatchery hard at work amidst second year of South Fork die-offs
For the second year in a row, chinook salmon are going belly up in the South Fork Nooksack River before…
A seaweed seed bank for the future
Motivated by the need to build climate change resilience, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is exploring seaweed beds along the Strait…