Derelict boat removed from valuable intertidal habitat
For nearly 15 years, the sunken 65-foot sailboat called Windjammer sat derelict near the shore of Kiket Island, where the…
Tag: Habitat
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…
Culvert inventory a new approach to widespread fish passage challenges
Beneath the network of roads that allow people to move across the landscape, fish access to habitat is often disrupted…
Floating ban put in place to protect Nooksack River salmon
Floating down the South Fork Nooksack River in an innertube, kayak or other flotation device as a summer pastime was…
Restoring Snohomish estuary habitat to improve salmon survival
Where the Snohomish River meets the saltwater of north Puget Sound, the recently completed Blue Heron Slough project was the…
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,…
Lummi hatchery hard at work amidst second year of South Fork die-offs
For the second year in a row, chinook salmon are going belly up in the South Fork Nooksack River before…
Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water
The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to ensure the corrections facility uses more…
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Builds New Levee for Dungeness River
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new setback levee on the Dungeness River can withstand a 10,000-year flooding event – an amount…