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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Tribes collaborate to test invasive crab trapping method
Lummi Nation Aquatic Invasive Species Division staff deployed a series of innovative “crab slab” traps around the Lummi Sea Pond…
Muckleshoot Tribe’s Tomanamus Community Day: Connecting with the Land and Community
More than 1,200 Muckleshoot tribal and community members gathered in the rural foothills of Mount Rainier at the tribe’s Tomanamus…
Louisiana tribe may be first climate change refugees
A Louisiana tribe is on track to lose all of their ancestral land by 2019 to climate change. Washington coastal…
Tribes Confirm Support for Washington Shellfish Initiative
Several western Washington treaty tribes affirmed commitment to the state’s shellfish initiative last week. The effort is intended to promote…
Ocean Acidification Explained
During the First Stewards climate change symposium last year, Dr. Simone Alin made a well-received presentation describing the process of…
Climate change: Washington coastal tribes hosting symposium blending indigenous knowledge with western science
The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a national event that examines the…
Intergovernmental Policy Council Annual Report 2008
The coastal treaty Indian tribes and the state of Washington as co-managers continue to work with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) to achieve a shared vision of priorities for understanding and protecting the marine environment and improving the lives of all who depend on the sea.
Makah Students Help Survey Culturally Important Purple Olive Shells on Makah Beaches
NEAH BAY- The chattering sound of hundreds of decorative purple olive shells has accompanied Makah tribal dancers for at least…