The Nature Conservancy is adding to the existing conservation efforts by the Hoh River Trust with the purchase that closed March 30 of the 3,184 acres. The deal continues the goal of creating a 32-mile conservation corridor along the Hoh River extending from Olympic National Park toward the sea that protects important habitat for salmon and wildlife and will include long-term timber rotation in appropriate areas.
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What Is The Cause Of Action The Tribes Are Claiming Under The Culvert Case?
The Washington State Department of Transportation and other state agencies have built road culverts that either were improperly designed and installed or have failed to maintain adequate fish passage. Fish blocking culverts contribute to the loss of spawning and rearing habitats for the salmon resource. They have diminished and destroyed hundreds of miles of salmon habitat and fish production. This loss of fish production has contributed to the lack of necessary non-Indian and tribal treaty-reserved fishing.
The suit challenges only barrier culverts under state roads that affect salmon runs passing through the tribes’ usual and accustomed areas fishing areas, as defined in United States vs. Washington. It does not challenge other issues, such as water rights, agricultural practices or urban land-use.
Groundbreaking Research Could Reveal Historical Oxygen Levels in Hood Canal
“This shell work is really groundbreaking,” said Todd Palzer, Washington Department of Natural Resources program operations manager. “It’s never been done before. This helps us tie together the health of North and South central Puget Sound.
We hope it will continue in the future as it ties in well with other research that’s being done in Hood Canal and Puget Sound.”
Stillaguamish Tribe tracking freshwater mussels
The Stillaguamish Tribe is documenting the western pearlshell mussel in the Stillaguamish watershed to track how the once plentiful but…