Protecting Natural Resources for Everyone
When it came time for the Nisqually Tribe to choose a theme for this year’s Tribal Canoe Journey, they brought forward a story told by Billy Frank Sr. Hanford McCloud, tribal council member and canoe journey coordinator, explains how “Don’t Forget the Water” fits with the tribe’s culture and approach to hosting the important event.
For decades, treaty tribes have operated their own hatchery programs to help sustain the region’s salmon and steelhead populations. Tribes…
Helicopter surveys are considered the most reliable way to manage elk populations, but they’re also expensive, laborious and dangerous. The…
A record number of Baker River sockeye are making their way upriver this year. The fisheries co-managers—consisting of the Upper…