Peninsula Tribes Develop Collaborative Approach to Wildlife Monitoring
Treaty tribes on the Olympic Peninsula will be placing more than 300 trail cameras on the...
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Tag: Elk
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...
Read MoreLower 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 Elwha River. The tribe is watching how small mammals, elk, deer and birds are taking advantage of the newly...
Read MoreVideo: 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 in the Acme, Wash., area. Tribal biologists partnered with Western Washington University’s Huxley...
Read MoreTribes 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 elk herd using the animals’ scat. Tribal biologists have partnered with Western Washington University’s...
Read MoreUpper Skagit Tribe manages elk habitat with Seattle City Light
The Upper Skagit Tribe has been contracted to help assess more than 10,000 acres of wildlife habitat that Seattle City Light (SCL) purchased to mitigate for habitat lost due to the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project. As required...
Read MoreSkokomish Tribe, Forest Service collaborate on elk habitat restoration
The Skokomish Tribe and U.S. Forest Service collaborated this fall to plant native trees and shrubs on 30 acres of previously pre-commercially thinned stands in the South Fork of the Skokomish River to improve elk habitat in the...
Read MoreHerald: Tribes react to damage control elk hunt
The Daily Herald reported on the tribal reaction to a damage control archery hunt last month in Concrete: Damage-control elk hunts are a management tool that should be used only as a last resort, regional tribal officials said....
Read MorePoint Elliott Tribes: Damage control hunts are last resort
MOUNT VERNON – Damage control elk hunts are a management tool that should be used only as a last resort, Point Elliott treaty Indian tribes say. On Dec. 28, a damage control hunt in Skagit County was canceled after a...
Read MoreDaily Herald explores tribal hunting traditions
The Daily Herald of Everett has a story about treaty tribal hunting rights: State and federal regulations curb the hunting of endangered wildlife and protect developed areas from gunfire, but American Indians say those laws also...
Read MoreLower Elwha Klallam Tribe starts Roosevelt Elk Study
With an interest in the long-term sustainability of elk populations on the north Olympic Peninsula, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has started a three-year research project aimed at gathering baseline data of the elk herds that...
Read MoreBringing Focus
It was a meeting long overdue. Representatives of the 20 treaty Indian tribes in western Washington sat down for the first time in a public meeting with the entire Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission – the panel that sets...
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