Tribe, partners discover cancer in cockles
The Suquamish Tribe’s work to increase the regional cockle population for harvest has resulted in an unexpected discovery. Cockle cancer.…
Being Frank: Tell the truth, trust the science about orca recovery
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Olympic Cougar Project reveals habitat limitations
It’s only taken a few years for the Olympic Cougar Project to develop a picture of how the cougar population…
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…
Being Frank: Harvest management is not enough
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Treaty tree seedling planted on reservation
When representatives of nine tribes and bands of Indians signed the Treaty of Medicine Creek in 1854, a grove of…
Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority
Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe are proud to call themselves “People of the Water”—and now they’ll have a greater…
Students get hands-on hatchery experience in the classroom
It’s hard to say who is benefiting more from the new fish hatchery program at Neah Bay High School. There…
Assessing culverts for salmon restoration potential
Suquamish Tribe biologists have been bushwhacking throughout east Kitsap County looking for problematic culverts on salmon-bearing streams. Since September 2022,…