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.
Restoring native vegetation along the North Fork Nooksack River, the Lummi Nation faces an unlikely adversary: nature. The tribe has…
The Skagit Valley Herald covered the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe’s annual Kids’ Fishing Derby: Wriggling and splashing, a rainbow trout…
Nooksack cultural resources director George Swanaset Jr. recently made a dip net to demonstrate the traditional fishing method to young adults in the tribe’s YouthBuild program
[display_podcast] Protecting the health of Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) tribal members and others is the main priority of harmful algal…
“We started this program five years ago when we as a staff talked about the need to promote fisheries and natural resources management to the next generation,” said Russ Svec, fishery manager for the Makah Tribe. “We hope to not only spark student interest in fisheries management, but through their experience, promote a better understanding of our native culture and environment.
We want to connect them to those stories our elders told us, to create the passion about what we have and to protect it for tomorrow.”
More than 80 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge pushed a button that energized Cushman Dam No. 1 on the North…
The Skagit Valley Herald: For the first time in 50 years, the coho salmon have returned to the Upper Skagit…
The Olympian: More than 500 people stood on the pebbly beach, but thumping drums and ancient songs were the only…