Suquamish Tribe Reaches Out to Tideland Owners
As a way to better connect with waterfront landowners, the Suquamish Tribe has been hosting a successful shellfish social hour…
Protecting Natural Resources for Everyone
As a way to better connect with waterfront landowners, the Suquamish Tribe has been hosting a successful shellfish social hour…
The Suquamish Tribe recently acquired 157 acres of culturally important tidelands on Dyes Inlet. A traditional shellfish harvesting area, the…
The Coast Salish – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tribal Journey Water Quality Project was recognized with the Department of the…
King 5 came down to Nisqually yesterday and filed this report on the Nisqually Tribe’s habitat restoration efforts: A small…
Skokomish (June 6, 2008) – Since earthen dikes were breached last fall on the Skokomish tidelands, Alex Gouley has been…
Various news media covered the Skokomish Tribe’s dike breaching project on Monday and Tuesday: From the Kitsap Sun: Watching the…
The Seattle Times printed a story about the Skokomish Tribe and Washington State Parks swapping acreage near the Skokomish reservation.…
OLYMPIA (May 18, 2007) – Puget Sound treaty Indian tribes and commercial shellfish growers have finalized an agreement that will protect and enhance the resource while resolving legal issues from a federal court ruling that re-affirmed treaty-reserved tribal shellfish harvest rights.
The pact resolves lingering legal issues from a 1994 federal court ruling that upheld the tribes’ treaty-reserved shellfish harvest rights. The agreement preserves the health of the shellfish industry, recognizes the importance to the tribes of their shellfish harvest rights and provides greater shellfish harvest opportunities for everyone in the state.
Kitsap Sun: The Suquamish Tribe wants the state to force Bainbridge Island to redraw its Critical Areas Ordinance, believing the…