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…
Category: Water Quality
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…
Environmental DNA a burgeoning tool for tribes
It sounds like the fusion of a science-fiction story and a detective novel: a tool that allows scientists to detect…
Skokomish, USGS partner on stream gages in watershed
The Skokomish Tribe wants to better understand the flooding of the Skokomish River – the same river responsible for viral…
Quileute Tribe embraces chance to tell its story
A team-up between the EPA and Quileute Tribe will spread the story of the tribe’s resource stewardship to anyone who’s a mouse click away.
Port Gamble Indian Reservation’s brownfields tested for contaminants
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has been digging deep to make its reservation safer for the community. In its latest…