Federal Update: Governor Kempthorne For EPA Director?
FEDERAL UPDATE: Overview of Natural Resources/Environmental Issues In Congress June, 2003 GOVERNOR KEMPTHORNE FOR EPA DIRECTOR???? President Bush
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Tribes Work To Restore Native Olympia Oysters
SKOKOMISH (June 19, 2003) — Sunk in mud and nearly hip-deep in water, Eric Sparkman pulls a large oyster shell…
Tribes Study Salmon Migration On The Hamma Hamma River
ELDON (June 16, 2003) — Using a small net, Greg Sullivan scoops the remaining salmon from a smolt trap’s holding…
Tribes Continue To Oppose “Water Grab And Hoarding Bills of 2003”
OLYMPIA (June 11, 2003)– Passage of three water bills in the waning hours of Special Session Number One of the…
China Epidemic Damaging Tribal Shellfish Exports
OLYMPIA (May 30, 2003) — Tribal shellfish harvesters across western Washington have been reporting drastic drops in orders due to…
Way Of Life Sustained By Swinomish Tribe
How important is hunting to the Swinomish way of life? Chester Cayou Jr., a respected Swinomish tribal hunter, has a…
Legislators, Tribes, Environmental Organizations And Others: Opposing The Water Bills
OLYMPIA (May 5,2003)-A coalition of legislators, Indian tribes, environmental organizations and fishing groups objected this morning to the potential passage…
Scientists Release New Recommendations for Reforming Puget Sound/Coastal Washington Hatchery System
OLYMPIA (May 5, 2003) — The Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG) released a report today that lays the groundwork for…
Squaxin Island Tribe Looking At Invading Oyster Drills
SQUAXIN ISLAND (April 28, 2003) — When Pacific oysters where introduced into Puget Sound in the 1930s, they brought with…