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Category: State of Our Watersheds

2020 State of Our Watersheds: More Restoration Projects, Less Shoreline Armoring
State of Our Watersheds

2020 State of Our Watersheds: More Restoration Projects, Less Shoreline Armoring

November 12, 2020November 13, 2020

The fifth edition of the Northwest Treaty Tribes’ State of Our Watersheds Report is now available as a PDF to…

State of Our Watersheds: Summer low flows are worsening as wells are added
State of Our Watersheds

State of Our Watersheds: Summer low flows are worsening as wells are added

June 7, 2017June 5, 2017

The proliferation of exempt wells continues across the Lake Washington, Green and Puyallup river basins, despite evidence that salmon are…

State of Our Watersheds: River flows hurt salmon on the Calawah River
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State of Our Watersheds: River flows hurt salmon on the Calawah River

May 31, 2017May 31, 2017

More floods in the winter and lower flows in the summer mean that salmon on the Calawah River are having…

State of Our Watersheds: Nooksack floodplains far from Salmon Recovery Plan goal
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State of Our Watersheds: Nooksack floodplains far from Salmon Recovery Plan goal

May 24, 2017May 17, 2017

Although the floodplain in the lower mainstem of the Nooksack River has not been degraded in recent years, the habitat…

State of Our Watersheds: Permit-Exempt Wells Hurt Salmon Habitat
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State of Our Watersheds: Permit-Exempt Wells Hurt Salmon Habitat

May 17, 2017June 1, 2017

While permit-exempt wells represent a source of water for many landowners in the North Olympic Peninsula, withdrawals through these wells…

State of Our Watersheds: South Sound loses forest bigger than Olympia
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State of Our Watersheds: South Sound loses forest bigger than Olympia

May 10, 2017June 5, 2017

Between 2006 and 2011 forest cover in deep South Sound declined by over 18,000 acres. This means that in the…

State of Our Watersheds: Makah Tribe brings back large wood for salmon
State of Our Watersheds

State of Our Watersheds: Makah Tribe brings back large wood for salmon

May 3, 2017June 5, 2017

It is well established that logs and logjams provide vital habitat for salmon. More salmon leave watersheds where there is…

State of Our Watersheds: Shoreline Modifications Detrimental to Salmon Habitat
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State of Our Watersheds: Shoreline Modifications Detrimental to Salmon Habitat

April 19, 2017August 17, 2017

Of all the Puget Sound counties, between 2005 and 2014, Mason County had the largest amount of armored shoreline developed…

State of Our Watersheds: Shoreline armoring outpaces restoration
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State of Our Watersheds: Shoreline armoring outpaces restoration

April 12, 2017June 5, 2017

One and a half miles of shoreline was armored while only a third of a mile was restored near the…

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