Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, students gather data from Tumwater Creek
A group of teenage “citizen scientists” have been helping the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe this spring by studying an urban…
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Comments Sought on Dungeness River Flood Plan
The Peninsula Daily News posted an article calling for comments for the Dungeness River Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan. The…
Collaborative efforts for Elwha River freshwater mussel rescue
[display_podcast] PORT ANGELES (October 16, 2008) – There was a sense of urgency when tribal, state and federal biologists recently…
Canoeists complete leg in trip to Lummi
The Bellingham Herald and The Olympian have stories about the Paddle to Lummi: The Bellingham Herald: PORT ANGELES — Tribal…
Seattle Times: Thanks to hatchery change, prices up
The Seattle Times has a story about the Tulalip Tribes change to an earlier returning hatchery chinook broodstock: Spring 2007…
Being Frank: Life Without The Orca?
OLYMPIA (June 12, 2006) — Life just wouldn’t be the same without the orca.
For thousands of years, these magnificent mammals have splashed through the ocean waves and skipped playfully through the serene waters of Puget Sound. Tribal culture has been greatly inspired by these awesome black and white giants who have always been a wondrous sign of purity and vitality in the Northwest.
Now our brother orca is listed as an endangered species, a fact almost too tragic to perceive. Orcas will disappear from our waters unless we all work together to make sure we have an environment that will sustain them. As it is, we don’t. Our waters are riddled with toxic filth and it is slowly killing them.
Restoration Projects Would Improve Salmon Habitat In Salt Creek
PORT ANGELES (December 7, 2004) – The Salt Creek Watershed has about 50 miles of fish habitat, but half of…
Sei Whale Carcass Gives Rare Opportunity For Research
NEAH BAY (December 23, 2003) Tribal and federal marine biologists gained valuable information about the endangered sei whale as a…
Tribe, Coalition Working With Landowners To Survey Salt Creek Watershed
SALT CREEK (July 30, 2003) – In the late 1940s, low water levels in Salt Creek left juvenile coho salmon…