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...
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Tag: Estuary
Suquamish Tribe’s Doe Kag Wats Healing a Decade Later
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 MoreVideo: Jamestown S’Klallam, landowner improve salmon habitat with bridge
The 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 MoreTulalip partners on estuary restoration nearing completion
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 MoreNative Vegetation Filling in Restored Skokomish Estuary
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 MoreSkokomish Tribe starting largest phase of estuary restoration
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 MoreStillaguamish Tribe monitors fish use before and after dike removal
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 MoreSkokomish Tribe studying stomach contents of juvenile salmon
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 MoreLummi restoration project receives more funding
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 MoreTulalip estuary project moves forward
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 MoreVideo: Lummi Youth Academy plants trees for Smuggler’s Slough restoration
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 MoreLummi Nation project restores habitat, helps build homes
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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