Tribal youth collection eDNA from sockeye-rich Baker River
On a chilly October morning, as a group of youth from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe reached the edge of…
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Positive trend continues for sockeye program
Among salmon of the Skagit River watershed, a rebounding population of Baker River sockeye continues to make a splash. This…
Treaty steelhead fishery provides winter harvest opportunity
Winter steelhead returning to the Skagit River watershed to spawn this year will support tribal treaty fishing opportunities for the…
Tribes discuss salmon, Fish Wars with university students
Nancy Shippentower of the Puyallup Tribe remembers the years leading up to the landmark Boldt decision in U.S. v. Washington…
As elk co-managers, tribes plan highway overpass project
Tribes who want to see the North Cascades elk population coexist safely with human communities in the Skagit Valley are…
Fisheries co-managers drafting joint hatchery policy
For decades, treaty tribes have operated their own hatchery programs to help sustain the region’s salmon and steelhead populations. Tribes…
‘Great success’: Baker River sockeye reach record number
A record number of Baker River sockeye are making their way upriver this year. The fisheries co-managers—consisting of the Upper…
Tribe’s steelhead monitoring could inform Skagit River fisheries
Following a pandemic-necessitated break in annual data collection, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe this year resumed a test fishery for…
At tribes’ urging, fish passage to be developed at Skagit River dams
After several years resisting the requests of some treaty tribes and government agencies, Seattle City Light has committed to adding…