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: Chum Salmon
Fish could thrive again after culvert removal
For decades, a culvert on Brighton Creek has blocked miles of salmon habitat, proving a harmful barrier to steelhead, coho…
What’s killing Hood Canal salmon? Tags offer clues
While the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe knows from recent studies that only half of out-migrating juvenile fish are getting past…
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe celebrates new hatchery
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has a new hatchery at Point Julia, more than 40 years after the original facility…
Culvert inventory a new approach to widespread fish passage challenges
Beneath the network of roads that allow people to move across the landscape, fish access to habitat is often disrupted…
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…
Low Chum Returns Shorten Fisheries, Reduce Egg Take
South Sound and Hood Canal chum salmon returns were lower than expected last fall. While enough chum reached the spawning grounds…
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…
Instant Hatchery To Boost Skokomish Salmon Production
An “instant hatchery” will increase the Skokomish Tribe’s chum salmon egg production at its Enatai Creek Hatchery at minimal cost.…