Wildlife park introduces tribal fellowship role
A partnership between the Nisqually Indian Tribe and Northwest Trek grew stronger this year when tribal member and elder Rose…
Tag: Wildlife
Tribes test innovative trap in battle against invasive crab
As invasive European green crab populations have spread in Washington waters, the bays and sloughs around the Tulalip Tribes’ homelands…
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…
Tribal youth learn how to be wildlife biologists
While Lower Elwha Klallam tribal youth live in an ecologically robust watershed, some of them are hesitant to explore the…
Skokomish Tribe faces elk herd challenges
Elk mortality and failing radio collars have challenged the Skokomish Tribe’s efforts to track elk in the Olympic Peninsula. “We…
Study examines potential seal predation of Stillaguamish salmon
As salmon runs returning to rivers across Washington have dwindled, seals and other pinnipeds that may prey on them have…
Testing imitation beaver dams as climate mitigation strategy
As the Stillaguamish River and its network of tributary and side channel streams braid their way across the landscape, they…
A salmon-focused look at the American Dipper
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe wants to better understand how American dippers, North America’s only aquatic songbird, respond to the…
Being Frank: Tribes Need to Be at the Table to Conserve Wildlife
Being Frank is a column written by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from…