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…
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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…
New hatchery program aims to boost Skagit River chum
Water sloshed from the back of a truck as it made its way from the confluence of Sutter Creek and…
Puyallup Tribe teams with schools to raise, release chinook
The Puyallup Tribe donated chinook salmon so students at Chief Leschi Schools and Science and Math Institute could learn more about spawning, caring for and releasing them. The tribe hopes to gain scientific knowledge from the partnership, as well as offering education to local students.
Can Tribal Hatcheries Help Feed Southern Resident Orcas?
Northwest tribes are supporting southern resident orcas by releasing more fish from their hatcheries so the whales have more prey…
Skokomish Tribe Triples Size of Hatchery Facility
The Skokomish Tribe recently expanded its Enetai Creek Hatchery facility for the first time in more than 40 years, improving…
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Tests Remote Site Incubator to Enhance Chum Run
Sauk-Suiattle elders still talk about the old days harvesting chum salmon from Lyle Creek. With chum runs on the decline…