Assessing culverts for salmon restoration potential
Suquamish Tribe biologists have been bushwhacking throughout east Kitsap County looking for problematic culverts on salmon-bearing streams. Since September 2022,…
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Stillaguamish Tribe reconnects river to Blue Slough
The mark of a successful restoration project is the presence of salmon in newly created habitat. This spring, Stillaguamish Natural…
Tribes remove fish-blocking culvert from Suiattle River tributary
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) removed an 80-foot-long, 8-foot-tall, 12-foot-wide culvert from Tenas Creek, a tributary to the Suiattle…
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe monitoring stormwater in Darrington
In partnership with the Darrington town council, the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe’s Natural Resources Department is monitoring stormwater runoff into the Sauk River. With a General Assistance Program grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the tribe bought an automatic sampler to collect runoff during storm events.
Decades old landslide still harming Deschutes River coho
OLYMPIA (August 5, 2008) – A nearly 20 year old landslide is still hurting salmon according to a recently completed…
Fish Habitat Improved On Hoh River Tributary
HOH RIVER WATERSHED (Sept. 18, 2006)– One of the most productive coho tributaries to the lower Hoh River just got even better for fish thanks to the removal of a fish-blocking culvert on its upper reaches.
“Anytime there is an opportunity to get one of these fish-blocking culverts out, the tribe wants to remove it,” said Tyler Jurasin, fisheries biologist for the Hoh Tribe. One of the tribe’s highest priorities is addressing fish passage problems in the Hoh watershed. The $60,000 Braden Creek project is a cooperative effort between the Hoh Tribe and private timberland owner Rayonier.