Golf Club Hill Road Triple-Box Culvert Replaced with Bridge on Chico Creek
After two decades of patient planning and coordination with Kitsap County and others, the...
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Tag: Chico Creek
Kitsap Sun: Kittyhawk Drive culvert finally removed for fish
The Kitsap Sun (subscription required) reported on the removal of a partial fish-blocking culvert on Chico Creek, under Kittyhawk Drive. Under the direction of the Suquamish Tribe, the 50-year old culvert is being removed, fully...
Read MoreKitsap Sun: Suquamish Tribe discusses this fall’s returning salmon
In an article discussing the annual return of killer whales to Puget Sound, the Kitsap Sun also talked with the Suquamish Tribe about salmon returning to the Kitsap Peninsula, and what folks could expect to see in local creeks....
Read MoreSuquamish Tribe turns attention to juvenile coho salmon in Chico watershed
After a decade estimating adult coho salmon runs in the Chico Creek watershed, the Suquamish Tribe is now turning its attention to the coho offspring. A new monitoring effort is taking place at the Wildcat Creek and Lost Creek...
Read MoreSuquamish Tribe purchases tidelands near Chico Creek
The Suquamish Tribe recently acquired 157 acres of culturally important tidelands on Dyes Inlet. A traditional shellfish harvesting area, the swath of land is also the site of old wintering villages and homesteads, stretching...
Read MoreKitsap Sun: Chico Creek’s Chum Salmon Move in Early
The Kitsap Sun reported on this year’s earlier -than-usual return of chum salmon to Kitsap County’s Chico Creek, Â the most productive salmon stream in the county. From the story: “Chum are spawning throughout...
Read MoreKitsap Sun: Rain Helping Coho and Chum Move Upstream
The Kitsap Sun spoke with the Suquamish Tribe’s fisheries biologist Jon Oleyar about the salmon returning to Chico Creek in Central Kitsap this fall: “The timing of these rains is just about perfect,” said Jon...
Read MoreSuquamish helps with culvert removal project
The Kitsap Sun printed a story about Kitsap County purchasing waterfront property that includes Chico Creek, which is home to the county’s largest salmon run. The county plans to remove a fish-blocking culvert within the...
Read MoreKitsap Sun: Suquamish Netting Few Salmon
From today’s Kitsap Sun: Salmon managers allowed Suquamish Tribe fishers to set their nets in Chico Bay on Monday, but their low catch suggests that relatively few chum salmon remain in saltwater, the tribe’s harvest...
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