As elk co-managers, tribes plan highway overpass project
Tribes who want to see the North Cascades elk population coexist safely with human communities in the Skagit Valley are…
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Quinault Indian Nation studies hands-off approach to elk capture
Helicopter surveys are considered the most reliable way to manage elk populations, but they’re also expensive, laborious and dangerous. The…
Skokomish Tribe faces elk herd challenges
Elk mortality and failing radio collars have challenged the Skokomish Tribe’s efforts to track elk in the Olympic Peninsula. “We…
Being Frank: Tribes Need to Be at the Table to Conserve Wildlife
Being Frank is a column written by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from…
Peninsula Tribes Develop Collaborative Approach to Wildlife Monitoring
Treaty tribes on the Olympic Peninsula will be placing more than 300 trail cameras on the peninsula to keep an…
Tribes awarded grant to keep nuisance elk off private property
North Sound treaty tribes are continuing to help landowners keep problem elk off their property with the help of a…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe: How wildlife will recolonize former Elwha lakebeds
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is studying how wildlife might help or hinder growth of new vegetation along the restored…
Video: Tribes survey Nooksack herd using elk scat
Wildlife biologists from the Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes are using elk scat to estimate the population of the Nooksack herd…
Tribes sample elk DNA to track population
Wildlife biologists from the Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes are testing a new way to track the population of the Nooksack…