Fisheries co-managers drafting joint hatchery policy
For decades, treaty tribes have operated their own hatchery programs to help sustain the region’s salmon and steelhead populations. Tribes…
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Fight in “brushfire mode” against invasive crab
In the ongoing battle to curb the spread of invasive European green crab in the marine waters of Washington state,…
Quileute Tribe Boosts Sol Duc Summer Run
The Sol Duc River on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula runs at its lowest and warmest when summer chinook return to…
Upper Skagit Tribe buys waterfront property in La Conner
The Skagit Valley Herald: The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe recently purchased 6 acres on the La Conner waterfront, including a…
Boat ramp and trails close as restoration continues on Wiley Slough in Skagit delta
WDFW released the following press release about the Wiley Slough restoration project, in partnership with the Skagit River System Cooperative,…
Repair work on Voights Creek getting underway
Tom Davis, legislative liaison with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, has a piece in the Orting News about…
Suquamish Hopes for Early-Timed Chinook Run At Gorst Soon
In a few years, fishermen might be able to hit the water for chinook in Sinclair Inlet a month earlier…
Centralia Chronicle: New Elk Control Option Offered
From the Centralia Chronicle: The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has prescribed a solution for controlling the so-called…
Work resumes on Wiley Slough project in Skagit River delta
Crews have begun the next phase of construction on the Wiley Slough restoration project, which will return tidal flow to…