Projects improve Chico Creek salmon habitat
Suquamish Tribe, partners celebrate decade-long work to support wild chum run The Suquamish Tribe, in partnership with Washington State Department…
Tag: Chico Creek
Removing the last barriers to salmon in Chico Creek
Biologists and engineers witnessed chum salmon take advantage of a newly restored tributary to Chico Creek this fall, soon after…
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 Suquamish Tribe is happy to finally…
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…
Kitsap 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 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…
Suquamish 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…
Kitsap 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…
Kitsap 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…