Tribe, NOAA use salmon carcasses to reintroduce nutrients to Elwha River
LOWER ELWHA (February 11, 2008) – Perched on the tailgate of an old delivery truck in January, Mike McHenry was…
Meat salvage returns traditional food to tribal tables
SKAGIT COUNTY (Feb. 8, 2008) – Many North Sound tribes traditionally relied on elk meat for sustenance. But these days…
Tracking Skagit River Chum
SKAGIT COUNTY (Feb. 8, 2008) – The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) and the Upper Skagit Tribe are working with…
First tribe in US to receive EPA certification for watershed plan
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the first tribe in the nation to receive…
PT Leader: Building a better barge for the Squaxin Island Tribe
The Squaxin Island Tribe is buying a new barge, custom built in Port Townsend: “It’s a beautiful craft,” said resource…
Free the Hoh River in the Seattle PI
Vivian Lee, chair of the Hoh Tribe, and Mike Hagen, their director of land management, had a great column in…
Rescue tug rescues the coastal environment
It happened again Dec. 3: Another near grounding of a cargo ship off the Washington coast at our home in Neah Bay.
Forty-foot seas powered by 90 mph winds knocked out the main steering on the 720-foot Mattson Kauai near the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Waves shattered all of the windows in the ship’s wheelhouse as the vessel wallowed offshore.
Thankfully, the ocean rescue tug Gladiator was on station and able to tow the Kauai to safety. Sadly, neither the state nor federal government will commit to financing placement of a rescue tug year-round in Neah Bay.
Close calls like the Kauai don’t make much of a splash in the news, and they happen more often than you know. In the past eight years, the part-time rescue tug at Neah Bay has assisted more than 30 ships in distress. Every year more than 2,000 cargo ships enter the Strait of Juan de Fuca bound for Puget Sound.
Stilly’s eagles get their day
The Stillaguamish Tribe is participating in the Arlington Eagle Festival Feb. 9. The Herald: Arlington bald eagle aficionados want to…
Proposed Dock in Gamble Bay Approved
The Kitsap Sun has published a follow up story to the proposed dock to be constructed in Port Gamble Bay,…