Nooksack, Lummi key partners in salmon education program
North Sound tribal members joined groups of Bellingham fourth graders this spring as they visited a local beach to study…
Tag: Habitat
Passage Home: Tribes remove barriers to salmon habitat
Restoring fish passage to spawning habitat is one of the most cost-effective ways to recover salmon runs. The Tulalip…
Agreement: Dam operator will invest in salmon recovery
For the continued operation of three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River, a settlement agreement between the public power company…
Tribe tracking how birds use newly restored estuary
Armed with binoculars, a spotting scope, notebook and pencil, Skokomish tribal staff hike the tribe’s estuary twice a month to…
Dam removal site sees salmon numbers grow
Goldsborough Creek has become an example of what removing fish barriers and restoring habitat can accomplish. And the Squaxin Island…
Salmon recovery professionals gather at habitat conference
Natural resources staff representing tribes from across western Washington gathered in the traditional lands of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in…
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe managing pristine national wildlife refuges
Approaching the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is otherworldly: seals swimming within a…
Salmon survival monitoring project needs stable funding
With what may have been the last round of federal funding support, a research team gathered offshore monitoring data throughout…
Seining program connects students with salmon, tribes
As a group of Bellingham fourth-graders gathered at the city’s Boulevard Park during lunchtime one sunny day in May, they…