Protecting Natural Resources for Everyone
The tribe is conducting several research projects to better understand the numbers of elk calves and black-tail deer fawns born each year and how many of them survive to maturity.“Without this kind of specific knowledge, it can be easy to over-estimate the expected rate of increase in a population and make mistakes in harvest management plans,” said Rob McCoy, wildlife division manager for the Makah Tribe.
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is opposing a proposed expanded hunt on the fewer than 1,000-animal herd. To decrease the number of human and elk interactions, the State of Washington is proposing an expanded hunt on antlerless elk along state Route 12 between Packwood and Morton. An expanded harvest on the South Rainier elk herd could cause the weak elk population to crash. The herd’s target population is more than 2,100, according to the tribal and state co-managers.
The (Everett) Herald ran a guest commentary by Todd Wilbur, chairman of the Inter-Tribal Wildlife Committee: After years of state…
Tribal hunters to hunt 15 bull elk from a Skagit Valley herd that had been off limits for 12 years.…
The (Everett) Herald: TULALIP – Tens of thousands of acres of Western Washington wilderness is open to American Indian hunters,…
OLYMPIA (Oct. 31, 2002) – Tribal hunters are working with the state of Washington to make sure the words “mad…