Tribal hatchery helps introduce youth to aquaculture
Ferndale High School aquaculture students are getting a close-up look at the salmon lifecycle through a partnership with Lummi Nation’s…
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Broodstock program is a lifeline for Stillaguamish chinook
Twenty years ago, the number of fall chinook salmon returning to the South Fork Stillaguamish River was too low to…
Reviving Salmon Runs Through Tribal Hatchery Leadership
Lummi Nation has shown that hatcheries informed by Indigenous knowledge and the latest science can help prevent salmon from…
Nisqually Indian Tribe celebrates hatchery upgrades
The Nisqually Indian Tribal community gathered in early May to celebrate a dream that took almost a decade to come…
Whatcom Creek fish provide opportunity for tribal families
Members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe fished for hatchery chinook salmon returning to Whatcom Creek this fall. From Bellingham’s Holly…
Whatcom Creek chinook program feeds tribes, ecosystem
In highly trafficked areas around lower Whatcom Creek, where it winds through the city of Bellingham’s Maritime Heritage Park and…
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe celebrates new hatchery
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has a new hatchery at Point Julia, more than 40 years after the original facility…
Subsistence fishery puts food in tribal members’ freezers
For just a few hours one morning in May, Lummi Nation tribal members in about a dozen aluminum boats took…
Students get hands-on hatchery experience in the classroom
It’s hard to say who is benefiting more from the new fish hatchery program at Neah Bay High School. There…