Students explore salmon-focused career paths at event
Tribal leaders are looking to the next generation to continue the work of recovering salmon, shellfish and wildlife populations. To…
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Puyallup Tribal News: Second elders fishing season yields 17
The Puyallup Tribal News covered this year’s elders fishery: For the second year, Puyallup Tribal elders were given the first…
PBS: Salmon Streams’ Struggle Continues 40 Years After Clean Water Act
PBS recently featured a report on tribal efforts to restore salmon. The report was based on work done during the…
Hoh Solution Good For Tribe, River, Fish
The Hoh Tribe and the Hoh River are connected by a bond that can never be broken. Forever, as the…
Swinomish Tribe holds blessing of the fleet
[display_podcast] The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community held its annual Blessing of the Fleet and First Salmon Ceremony on Thursday. The…
Coastal Tribes Help Protect Public Health
[display_podcast] Protecting the health of Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) tribal members and others is the main priority of harmful algal…
Puyallup Tribal News: Elders to fish first
A special fishing season for tribal elders takes place next month. From June 10 to June 13, the river will be open for elders to fish for ceremonial and subsistence use from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Chris Phinney, harvest management biologist for the Puyallup Tribe’s Fisheries/Hatchery Department, explained the rules in place. This special fishing season is open only to Puyallup Tribal members aged 50 and older. There will be no helpers allowed and no exceptions to the rules, he said. “They have to be tribal elders to be on the river.”
Port Gamble Continues Dock Fight
The North Kitsap Herald reported on the latest of the proposed dock for the town of Port Gamble, which is…
Stillaguamish buys land for buffalo
The (Everett) Herald reports on the recent purchase of land near Arlington for Buffalo to graze: The herd will be…