Nisqually Indian Tribe celebrates hatchery upgrades
The Nisqually Indian Tribal community gathered in early May to celebrate a dream that took almost a decade to come…
Category: Hatcheries
Upgrades improve conditions for hatchery fish
Upgrades to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ Clarks Creek Hatchery will boost the tribe’s mission to raise and protect salmon.…
Being Frank: Tribes not interested in ‘Museum Fish’
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Whatcom Creek fish provide opportunity for tribal families
Members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe fished for hatchery chinook salmon returning to Whatcom Creek this fall. From Bellingham’s Holly…
Being Frank: Federal funding supports tribal hatcheries that benefit everyone
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Chief Leschi hatchery provides hands-on lessons
This spring, students at the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ Chief Leschi Schools pulled on boots and trekked with buckets to…
Indigenous civil rights documentary FISH WAR to premiere at SIFF
FISH WAR, a documentary film produced by Northwest Treaty Tribes Media and North Forty Productions, will have its world premiere…
Puyallup Tribe rebuilds acclimation ponds to keep salmon safe
As 100,000 silvery coho yearlings were delivered this month to the newly rebuilt Cowskull acclimation pond in a blast of…
Tribe, partner preserving kelp for restoration needs
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish biologist Annie Raymond holds a piece of chocolate-colored kelp to the light, squinting to see if…