Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Habitat Survey Leads to Major Fish Passage Restoration
Data from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2014 intensive salmon habitat study helped get a $15...
Read MoreSep 30, 2019 | Lead Story, Magazine, News
Data from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2014 intensive salmon habitat study helped get a $15...
Read MoreApr 7, 2014 | News
On a blustery and wet evening in December 2003, nearly 5,000 gallons of oil came ashore on the natural beachfront known as Doe Kag Wats to the Suquamish people. Now that a decade of healing has passed, the 400-acre area is...
Read MoreThe Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe worked with a local landowner in Sequim, WA to remove a 600-foot long roadway and two culverts and replace them with a bridge in Washington Harbor. The roadway and culverts were blocking tidal...
Read MoreSep 30, 2013 | Lead Story, News
Completion is in sight for the Qwuloolt project, one of the largest estuary restorations in the country. Restoring tidal flow to the 400-acre estuary is a partnership among the Tulalip Tribes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and...
Read MoreSep 23, 2013 | News
Kneeling in a thicket of vegetation in the Skokomish estuary, Shannon Kirby combs her hands through the tall green grasses in front of her, calling out codes that identify them by size, type and abundance. The habitat biologist...
Read MoreNov 9, 2012 | News
The latest phase of the Skokomish Estuary restoration effort is the largest to date: 600 acres of forested wetlands are going to be reconnected to 400 acres of Skokomish tidelands. “The main goal of this phase is to reconnect...
Read MoreJun 28, 2012 | News
The Stillaguamish Tribe’s natural resources department is monitoring fish use of the Port Susan estuary before and after a 150-acre restoration project. The tribe was contracted by The Nature Conservancy, which is removing a...
Read MoreJun 13, 2012 | News
The Skokomish Tribe is studying the diet of juvenile salmon that have taken up residence in the nearly 400-acres of newly restored Skokomish tidelands in southern Hood Canal. After gently flushing out the stomachs of a small...
Read MoreFeb 13, 2012 | News
The Bellingham Herald: An ongoing effort to improve salmon habitat in the lower Nooksack floodplain received another round of federal funding, the state Department of Ecology announced recently. Phase 3 of the Smuggler’s...
Read MoreFeb 8, 2011 | News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given a final go-ahead to the Tulalip Tribes’ project to remove dikes and tide gates to allow salt water from Possession Sound to mingle with fresh water from Ebey Slough. The Daily...
Read MoreFeb 8, 2010 | News
The Lummi Youth Academy joined a Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association work party to plant trees along Smuggler’s Slough as part of a Lummi Nation habitat project to restore fish passage between Bellingham Bay and Lummi...
Read MoreOct 29, 2009 | News
A combination of Lummi Nation projects not only will repair past destruction of more than 2,000 acres of salmon and wildlife habitat, but also will help build homes for tribal members. The Lummi Natural Resources Department is...
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