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Bull kelp bed in shipping canal could support juvenile chinook - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Port Townsend · Port Townsend

Bull kelp bed in shipping canal could support juvenile chinook - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is tracking juvenile salmon that are using an unlikely place to find refuge—a shipping canal. The tribe has been keeping an eye on a growing bull kelp bed as potential salmon habitat in the Port Townsend Shipping Canal, which is unique since most bull kelp beds in Puget Sound are in decline, said Hans Daubenberger, the tribe’s senior research scientist. The waterway is located between the Quimper Peninsula and Ind…Read Article
Supplying salmon to the Skokomish River - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Washington State · Washington

Supplying salmon to the Skokomish River - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Skokomish Tribe is eagerly awaiting the return of spring chinook salmon to the South Fork Skokomish River this year. For the past four years, up to 80,000 chinook subyearlings have been released annually into LeBar Creek, a tributary to the upper South Fork, as part of the Skokomish River chinook recovery plan. “This is a gap in our fisheries this time of year and there is a great deal of meaning to having fish available during the spring se…Read Article
Projects abound for Nisqually Community Forest - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Washington State · Washington

Projects abound for Nisqually Community Forest - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Created out of a partnership between the Nisqually Indian Tribe and the Nisqually Land Trust, the Nisqually Community Forest is a leading example of how a working forest can be managed for local community benefit. A nearly $890,000 grant awarded from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to the tribe, the Nisqually Community Forest nonprofit corporation (NCF) and Northwest Natural Resources Group aims to make the forest an example for similar effo…Read Article

Students learn from salmon along the river - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Elementary school field trips are always exciting, especially when you get to name and release your own personal salmon. In May, about 340 students in the Port Angeles School District visited the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s hatchery to release the salmon they raised in their classrooms through the statewide Salmon in the Schools program. The program is a collaboration with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) and …Port Angeles · Port AngelesRead Article

Can sea cucumbers help clean net pens? - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Sea cucumbers are benthic echinoderms that feed on algae, decaying organic matter and other meals they can salvage from the sea floor. The Squaxin Island Tribe is looking into whether the marine animals’ voracious appetites can be put to use cleaning hatchery net pens. The tribe is in the second year of a project to discover whether it can use sea cucumbers to cut down on staff time cleaning algae and other organic matter from the net pens that …Washington State · WashingtonRead Article

Positive trend continues for sockeye program - Northwest Treaty Tribes

A PSE staff member lifts a fish from a holding tank at the Upper Baker Dam for counting by species during the annual outmigration of juvenile sockeye salmon. Other fish in the lake include coho salmon and varieties of sculpin. Among salmon of the Skagit River watershed, a rebounding population of Baker River sockeye continues to make a splash. PSE fish and wildlife specialist Josiah Lugg counts fish from Baker Lake by species after they’ve enter…Fish · WashingtonRead Article

Salmon ceremonies celebrate, honor fishing as a way of life - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Sharing a taste of the celebrated blueback salmon with all ages is an important part of  the Quinault Tribe’s event in May. Each spring, Northwest tribes mark the beginning of the fishing season with first salmon ceremonies and blessings of their fleets. “It’s our way of life,” said Aurelia Bailey, senator and cultural events director for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, during the tribe’s gathering in May. “And when our people are out on …Washington State · WashingtonRead Article

Nisqually Indian Tribe celebrates hatchery upgrades - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Nisqually Indian Tribal community gathered in early May to celebrate a dream that took almost a decade to come to life. The upgraded Kalama Creek Hatchery, now better suited to climate change mitigation and caring for wild stocks of coho and chinook, celebrated completing its first phase with a ceremony and ribbon cutting. “The light is finally starting to shine through the tunnel,” said James Slape Jr., the tribe’s natural resources manager…Washington State · WashingtonRead Article

Tagging study looks at movement of crab in Skagit Bay - Northwest Treaty Tribes

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Bald Eagle Rescued from Snow in Alaska, Returned to Nature

"Best rescue ever!" The juvenile bald eagle was "quite frozen and unable to fly" when a good Samaritan and a police officer ... sourceNature · Snohomish CountySee the Story

Event encourages everyday environmental stewardship - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Leahy describes the medicinal uses of calendula and how to pot seedlings.  As members of the Tulalip Tribes and surrounding community gathered on the tribes’ reservation in celebration of Earth Day in April, they learned about native plants, pollinators, wetland ecosystems and more. Many lent a hand to trash pickup, garden maintenance and other activities, as well. “I want Earth Day to be every day and for all of our departments, agencies and co…Earth Day · WashingtonRead Article

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