Fish, Plants Thrive in Restored Skokomish Estuary
A variety of fish and native plants in the 1,000-acre Skokomish Estuary have been thriving within two years of a…
Tag: Puget Sound Chinook
Suquamish Hopes for Early-Timed Chinook Run At Gorst Soon
In a few years, fishermen might be able to hit the water for chinook in Sinclair Inlet a month earlier…
Trees floating behind dam contribute to salmon recovery
ALDER – Over 100 trees that have fallen into the reservoir behind Alder Dam will be put to use constructing…
Tired of Salmon?
OLYMPIA – There’s a new bug that’s been going around for the last couple years. State and federal elected officials…
Hood Canal Summer Chum plan adopted
The Kitsap Sun reported that a plan has been adopted to help recover Hood Canal summer chum: “A formal recovery…
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.
To Save Threatened Chinook, Swinomish Tribe Prepared To Sue
Tribe files 60-day notice of intent, but still hopes negotiations can ward off a suit LACONNER (September 11, 2003) —…
Tribes Study Salmon Migration On The Hamma Hamma River
ELDON (June 16, 2003) — Using a small net, Greg Sullivan scoops the remaining salmon from a smolt trap’s holding…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Fights for Existence of Sol Duc Hatchery
LOWER ELWHA (Feb. 7, 2002) — Just when the legendary Elwha chinook were ready again to make their famous run…