The Nooksack Tribe’s successful efforts to restore salmon habitat on the North Fork Nooksack River were covered by the Bellingham Herald: Chinook salmon are already taking advantage of a new stretch of spawning channel on...
Read MoreThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded $16.4 million from its American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 funding to Washington state. Each of the six projects directly or indirectly involve seven...
Read MoreThe Bellingham Herald covered the Lummi Nation’s First Salmon Ceremony: About 600 Lummi Indian Tribe members and guests gathered Thursday, May 14, at Lummi Nation School to celebrate the arrival of the first salmon –...
Read MoreCooperative natural resources co-management at its best was displayed during this year’s North of Falcon process for setting Indian and non-Indian salmon fishing seasons in western Washington. The results were protection...
Read MoreLUMMI NATION – The Lummi Nation has entered into a partnership with Whatcom County and the Whatcom Land Trust to re-align a portion of a county road that runs past the tribe’s Skookum Creek Hatchery. This section of the...
Read MoreThe Bellingham Herald: A Lummi Nation project would move a portion of Saxon Road off the banks of the south fork of the Nooksack River, allowing the tribe to restore salmon habitat at the site. County leaders on Tuesday, Jan....
Read MoreThe Skagit Valley Herald (story not available online) reported last week on the SRF Board funding in Skagit County, which included several Skagit River System Cooperative and Upper Skagit Tribe project: Local habitat efforts get...
Read MoreThe Bellingham Herald reports on Salmon Recovery Funding Board projects in Whatcom County. Lummi Nation was the largest single recipient in the county: Whatcom County, a salmon conservation group and local tribes on Wednesday...
Read MoreThe Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) editorialized in favor of the plan to hunt 30 bulls in the Nooksack elk herd: In the ever-narrowing space between human and animal habitat, the resurgence of the Nooksack elk herd...
Read MoreThe Bellingham Herald printed a column by Merle Jefferson and Elden Hillaire, responding to the Department of Health’s recommendation about salmon consumption. The state Department of Health recently warned consumers about...
Read MoreBellingham Herald: With only 210 adult chinook salmon returning to the north and middle forks, and 120 returning to the south fork to spawn in 2005, fish managers are grappling with how to restore fish populations. Even though...
Read MoreBellingham Herald: The Lummi Indian tribe received a $66,000 grant to design a restoration project on a Nooksack River estuary. The project is one of nine throughout Puget Sound to receive a portion of $2.5 million in grants...
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