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Archive for 2002

Tribes Urge Public To Heed Water Problems

By admin • Dec 16th, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

OLYMPIA (Dec. 12, 2002)- The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission today called for citizens of the state to take heed of Wednesday



Tribal Technicians Come To The Aid Of Injured Bald Eagle

By admin • Dec 12th, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

FIELD CREEK (Dec. 12, 2002)



Lummi Culvert Project Opens Up Critical Habitat For Salmon

By admin • Dec 11th, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

RACEHORSE CREEK (Dec. 6, 2002) — Thanks to a cooperative project between the Lummi Nation and the state Department of Natural Resources, coho salmon in a tributary of the Nooksack River are enjoying access to habitat formerly blocked by an impassable culvert.

A survey of the site on Dec. 3 found more than two dozen spawning coho – most of them native, non-hatchery fish –…



Puyallup Tribe Looking For Chum Ancestors

By admin • Dec 10th, 2002 • Category: News Releases

PUYALLUP (Dec. 10, 2002)



Value Of Chum Salmon Greater Than Its Parts

By admin • Dec 4th, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

HOODSPORT (Dec. 4, 2002)



Nooksack Study: Rocks Roll Over Salmon Nests During Floods

By admin • Dec 3rd, 2002 • Category: News Releases

SOUTH FORK, NOOKSACK RIVER (Nov. 27, 2002 )



Lummi TFW Program Defends Priceless Cultural Resources

By admin • Dec 3rd, 2002 • Category: News Releases

LUMMI (Dec. 2, 2002) – “Cultural sites like these are non-renewable resources,” says Lummi Nation Timber, Fish and Wildlife Technician Tom Edwards, motioning with his hand across the expanse of a forest along Lake Whatcom.

Within a few acres from where Edwards is standing, Lummi tribal members have gathered tree bark for medicinal purposes and traditional regalia since before recorded history began. The ancient practice…



Water Quality Monitoring Critical For Quileute Tribe

By admin • Dec 2nd, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

LAPUSH (Nov. 27, 2002)



Tribe Maps Chinook Spawning Grounds Along The Dungeness River

By admin • Dec 2nd, 2002 • Category: NWIFC Blog

SEQUIM (Nov. 26, 2002)



Federal Update: Environmental Laws In Republican Crosshairs

By admin • Dec 2nd, 2002 • Category: Legislative

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN REPUBLICAN CROSSHAIRS

President Bush’s environmentally insensitive proposals, e.g., to