Squaxin Island Tribe, partners team for Olympia oyster restoration
A partnership between the Squaxin Island Tribe and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has allowed one of the tribe’s first foods…
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Transplanting cockles to boost population
The Squaxin Island Tribe is exploring whether local populations of native cockles—an important food source for tribal members—can be supplemented…
Tribe, partners clear derelict boats from Squaxin Island
People looking over the waters off Squaxin Island early this summer had the chance to glimpse a peculiar sight: boats…
Can sea cucumbers help clean net pens?
Sea cucumbers are benthic echinoderms that feed on algae, decaying organic matter and other meals they can salvage from the…
Solar power, EVs introduced at tribal facilities
The Squaxin Island Tribe is reducing its carbon footprint with solar panels that support tribal sovereignty while reducing the power…
Partnership takes student science to the beach
When two Pioneer Middle School students picked their way across the tidelands of Little Skookum Inlet earlier this year, they…
Squaxin Island Tribe assumes greater water-quality authority
Members of the Squaxin Island Tribe are proud to call themselves “People of the Water”—and now they’ll have a greater…
Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon
More than 140,000 juvenile coho salmon departed the Goldsborough Creek watershed this year, an exciting milestone after the Squaxin Island…
Partnership between Squaxin Island Tribe, corrections center conserves water
The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton to ensure the corrections facility uses more…