Derelict boat removed from valuable intertidal habitat
For nearly 15 years, the sunken 65-foot sailboat called Windjammer sat derelict near the shore of Kiket Island, where the…
Category: Water Quality
Indigenous scientists exchange knowledge at local workshop
Understanding water quality and fish health data is critical to protecting and managing treaty resources such as salmon. A group…
Floating ban put in place to protect Nooksack River salmon
Floating down the South Fork Nooksack River in an innertube, kayak or other flotation device as a summer pastime was…
Quileute students learn with robotics
When former Quileute Tribal School students returned to judge a robotics competition among current students, they showed this year’s competitors…
Tribes, Sound Toxins providing predictive data for harmful algal blooms
With more than 10 years of data under their belts, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe natural resources staff have developed a keen…
Squaxin Island Tribe, partners look to revitalize kelp
A bull kelp forest in Squaxin Island Tribe waters has shrunk dramatically in recent years, with the population plummeting from…
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…
Nisqually pilot project may protect streams — and fish
A pilot project by the Nisqually Tribe and partners may eventually make streams safer for fish and other aquatic creatures. …
Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water
The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to ensure the corrections facility uses more…