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Tag: fish-blocking culverts

Removing the last barriers to salmon in Chico Creek
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Removing the last barriers to salmon in Chico Creek

December 15, 2022December 14, 2022

Biologists and engineers witnessed chum salmon take advantage of a newly restored tributary to Chico Creek this fall, soon after…

Golf Club Hill Road Triple-Box Culvert Replaced with Bridge on Chico Creek
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Golf Club Hill Road Triple-Box Culvert Replaced with Bridge on Chico Creek

December 7, 2020November 30, 2020

After two decades of patient planning and coordination with Kitsap County and others, the Suquamish Tribe is happy to finally…

Kilisut Harbor, Oak Bay Finally Reconnected
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Kilisut Harbor, Oak Bay Finally Reconnected

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020

Juvenile salmon can move freely from Oak Bay to Kilisut Harbor for the first time in 75 years, following the…

State of Our Watersheds: Culverts Blocking Fish Access in Kitsap
Lead Story, State of Our Watersheds

State of Our Watersheds: Culverts Blocking Fish Access in Kitsap

October 12, 2016April 24, 2017

Culverts mess up fish habitat. And Kitsap County is filled with them. In fact, there are enough culverts to partially…

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Seattle Times: Tribes take salmon battle into state’s road culverts

October 20, 2009

“I’m 78 right now and still in the courtroom all day, still talking about fixing the salmon problem,” Frank said. “It never seems to get done, and we’re running out of time.” – Billy Frank Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

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