EPA disregards human health by rolling back water protection
Statement from NWIFC Chair Lorraine Loomis on EPA Water Quality Standards Rollback Even as the...
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Makah Tribe Decontaminates Brownfield Site, Protects Water Quality
The Makah Tribe is cleaning pockets of its reservation, damaged from historic industrial use, one...
Read MoreCoho Salmon Eggs Put to the Stormwater Test
Peering through a microscope at the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Hatchery, biologist Tiffany Linbo uses two pairs of tweezers to gently peel the protective layer off an 18-day-old fertilized coho salmon egg. The National...
Read MoreFiltered Stormwater Added to Annual Coho Salmon Experiment
Rain gardens filter toxic chemical contaminants from stormwater before it flows into Puget Sound streams, but no one knows how well they protect the salmon that spawn in those streams. That was this year’s question during...
Read MoreFirst 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 EPA certification for its watershed-based plan. It focuses on goals to restore and protect...
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