Pacific Lamprey population important to Elwha River restoration
Looking like a Ghostbuster, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe project biologist Justin Stapleton shoulders a backpack with boxes and switches connected…
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Smallest Residents of Watershed Key Indicators of Overall Watershed Health
The Quileute Tribe wants to know if two streams have improved since 2014 when biologists and volunteers gathered insects that…
Tribes, National Park Monitor Fishers on Olympic Peninsula
Olympic Peninsula treaty tribes are helping monitor fishers that have been reintroduced to Olympic National Park. Starting this summer, and…
Tribes and state change harvest levels of black-tail deer to bolster populations
“The management measures are an inter-tribal and state milestone,” said Rob McCoy, wildlife division manager for the Makah Tribe. “Everyone worked together to do something to protect the population for the future. “Harvest is something we can control. We don’t have the capability to accomplish predator control at this time and we can’t control the hair loss disease,” said McCoy. “This is the best way to maximize adult doe survival and increase the numbers of offspring,” he said.
Seattle Times: Elwha Steelhead Broodstock Program Successful
The Seattle Times posted this story about Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s steelhead broodstock program efforts recently: Tribe reviving wild Elwha…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe starts Roosevelt Elk Study
With an interest in the long-term sustainability of elk populations on the north Olympic Peninsula, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe…
Coast, Strait Tribes Receive Compensation for Sockeye Run
The Peninsula Daily News reported on the Makah, Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam tribes receiving federal funding to make…
Behind the Scenes: Tribe’s River Restoration Crew Gets the Job Done
LOWER ELWHA (November 19, 2008) – The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s habitat restoration crew is midway through its effort to…
Eight Peninsula Tribes, Olympic National Park Sign Pact
“The partnerships that are being built both in this process and in our work regarding removal of the Elwha dams and bringing the salmon back has been gratifying,” said Frances Charles, chairman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. “It will continue to be important that we be informed when there are camps or artifacts found. Protecting all the resources on these lands and doing no harm is a joint concern. We’re grateful that the details of the government-to-government relationship make this partnership work and it will evolve as we listen to one another and move forward.”