Projects improve Chico Creek salmon habitat
Suquamish Tribe, partners celebrate decade-long work to support wild chum run The Suquamish Tribe, in partnership with Washington State Department…
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Climate funding supports tribal resiliency projects
For years, tribes in western Washington have been gathering data on how climate change affects their tribal members, but there…
eDNA: A hands-off science for species detection
The Suquamish Tribe is using environmental DNA (eDNA) to figure out which fish are using the Doe Kag Wats watershed,…
Shrimp test fisheries guide harvest management
The Suquamish Tribe conducted its annual fishery to test spot shrimp egg production in March, concurrent with other tribes and…
Suquamish Tribe, partner study shoreline habitat before and after restoration
The Suquamish Tribe has the rare opportunity to monitor the results of an estuary restoration project and compare them to…
Suquamish tribal elders hold clam harvest after hiatus
More than 40 Suquamish tribal elders participated in a clam dig in Chico Bay in July, for the first time…
Tribe, partners discover cancer in cockles
The Suquamish Tribe’s work to increase the regional cockle population for harvest has resulted in an unexpected discovery. Cockle cancer.…
Assessing culverts for salmon restoration potential
Suquamish Tribe biologists have been bushwhacking throughout east Kitsap County looking for problematic culverts on salmon-bearing streams. Since September 2022,…
Removing the last barriers to salmon in Chico Creek
Biologists and engineers witnessed chum salmon take advantage of a newly restored tributary to Chico Creek this fall, soon after…