Port Gamble Indian Reservation’s brownfields tested for contaminants
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has been digging deep to make its reservation safer for the community. In its latest…
Tag: Contamination
Tribes partner with OSU to study clam contamination
Researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) are studying shellfish contamination on the Swinomish reservation and nearby Fidalgo Bay. Both the…
Lummi Nation studies tribal seafood diet
The Lummi Nation Natural Resources Department is finding out just how much seafood the average tribal member eats. Seafood consumption…
Squaxin Island Tribe responds to dioxin in Oakland Bay
From the Squaxin Island Tribe’s blog this morning: Preliminary data released today by the state Department of Ecology has identified…
Lummi fishermen dig deep for geoducks
The Bellingham Herald writes about Lummi tribal geoduck harvest: Cliff Cultee and other Lummi geoduck divers hope to get a…
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…