Monitoring shows Skagit delta restoration benefits chinook more than expected
A five-year monitoring effort has shown that the Fisher Slough restoration project has benefited juvenile chinook even more than predicted…
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Tribes study chinook use of small coastal streams
The Tulalip Tribes and Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) recently completed a six-year study of juvenile chinook salmon use of…
Tulalip Tribes turn “gulch” into Greenwood Creek
The Tulalip Tribes recently improved rearing habitat in a small coastal stream popular with juvenile chinook. Known to locals as…
Restoration planned this summer for Skagit River tributary
Work is set to begin this summer to restore salmon habitat in Illabot Creek, a tributary to the Skagit River.…
Fish die-off in Skagit Valley likely to remain a mystery
The Skagit Valley Herald reports on a fish die-off in Browns Slough. Last week, hundreds of shiner perch and some…
Tribes restore fish access to estuary near Swinomish Reservation
Fish access and tidal flow were restored in March to a high-priority pocket estuary near the Swinomish reservation. The Skagit…
Tribes remove fish-blocking culvert from Suiattle River tributary
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) removed an 80-foot-long, 8-foot-tall, 12-foot-wide culvert from Tenas Creek, a tributary to the Suiattle…
Breakthrough week in tribal estuary restorations
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) celebrated the success of two major estuary restoration projects this week. Returning tidal flow…
Boat ramp and trails close as restoration continues on Wiley Slough in Skagit delta
WDFW released the following press release about the Wiley Slough restoration project, in partnership with the Skagit River System Cooperative,…