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Tag: Chinook Salmon

What’s killing Hood Canal salmon? Tags offer clues

What’s killing Hood Canal salmon? Tags offer clues

April 9, 2024April 8, 2024

While the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe knows from recent studies that only half of out-migrating juvenile fish are getting past…

Bugs important for fish in Elwha River

Bugs important for fish in Elwha River

October 25, 2023March 27, 2024

More than a decade since dam removal on the Elwha River, the bug communities in the river’s estuary appear to…

New salmon habitat for the lower Skokomish River

New salmon habitat for the lower Skokomish River

October 21, 2023March 27, 2024

For the thousands of chinook salmon that return to the Skokomish River every year, the new habitat at River Mile…

Study examines potential seal predation of Stillaguamish salmon

Study examines potential seal predation of Stillaguamish salmon

April 25, 2023March 27, 2024

As salmon runs returning to rivers across Washington have dwindled, seals and other pinnipeds that may prey on them have…

Being Frank: Hatchery salmon hold the ecosystem together

Being Frank: Hatchery salmon hold the ecosystem together

April 3, 2023

Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…

Elwha River test fishery looks at potential fishing methods

Elwha River test fishery looks at potential fishing methods

October 4, 2022March 27, 2024

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is testing selective fishing methods on the Elwha River with the hope of reopening the…

Logjams are Key to Salmon Habitat Restoration

Logjams are Key to Salmon Habitat Restoration

December 29, 2020March 27, 2024

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe constructed more than a dozen engineered logjams in the upper Dungeness  River last fall to support salmon…

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Habitat Survey Leads to Major Fish Passage Restoration

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Habitat Survey Leads to Major Fish Passage Restoration

September 30, 2019

Data from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2014 intensive salmon habitat study helped get a $15 million Puget Sound nearshore…

Lower Elwha, Partners Studying Chinook Salmon Returning to Dam-Free Elwha River

Lower Elwha, Partners Studying Chinook Salmon Returning to Dam-Free Elwha River

January 10, 2018

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, in cooperation with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Olympic National Park, is determining…

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