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…
Tag: River Restoration
South Fork Skokomish gets much needed wood for fish habitat
More than 1,000 logs were placed strategically in the South Fork Skokomish River this summer during the Skokomish Tribe’s latest…
Quileute Tribe Working to Restore River Function and Protect Village
It took the Quileute Tribe decades to have the traditional fishing area known as Thunder Field returned in a land…
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Gives Gray Wolf River a Log Boost
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe helped salmon and char in the Gray Wolf River this fall by adding logs that fish…
Lamprey Returning to a Dam-Free Elwha River
As the Elwha River watershed continues to recover from dam removal, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe recently spotted the river’s…
Railroad Park trestle replaced with salmon- and trail-friendly span
After a major storm damaged a popular walkway over the Dungeness River in early 2015, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe saw…
Quinault Indian Nation jump-starting important spruce tree growth
Restoring Sitka spruce and native vegetation to the upper Quinault River valley floodplain is another piece of the complex puzzle…
USGS: Results of Elwha Restoration Studies Published
The United States Geological Survey announced this week that five papers revealing results of several studies of the effects of dam…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe uses sonar to count fish in Elwha River
Sonar is helping the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe get an accurate estimate of some species of salmon returning to the…