Bugs important for fish in Elwha River
More than a decade since dam removal on the Elwha River, the bug communities in the river’s estuary appear to…
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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe fishes river for the first time after dam removal
For the first time in more than a decade, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is exercising its treaty right to…
Muckleshoot’s Ballard Locks program shows promise
When the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe embarked on a pilot program to transport sockeye from the Ballard Locks to a hatchery,…
Suquamish tribal elders hold clam harvest after hiatus
More than 40 Suquamish tribal elders participated in a clam dig in Chico Bay in July, for the first time…
‘Great success’: Baker River sockeye reach record number
A record number of Baker River sockeye are making their way upriver this year. The fisheries co-managers—consisting of the Upper…
This Coast Salish food staple is blooming again
Lavender-colored flowers blooming across prairie landscapes were once a beacon to the region’s Indigenous people that a bounty of root…
Subsistence fishery puts food in tribal members’ freezers
For just a few hours one morning in May, Lummi Nation tribal members in about a dozen aluminum boats took…
Tribe’s steelhead monitoring could inform Skagit River fisheries
Following a pandemic-necessitated break in annual data collection, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe this year resumed a test fishery for…
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…