The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) has an article about the Swinomish Tribe’s new oil-spill response trailer. The Quinault, Hoh, Makah, Lummi, Tulalip, Nisqually, Quileute and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes also benefited from this Department of Ecology grant.

Grant helps Swinomish prepare for oil spills
By KATE MOSER Staff Writer

After 20 years of experience responding to oil spills, including Exxon-Valdez, Swinomish Police Sgt. James

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The Bellingham Herald ran a story over the weekend about the Nooksack Tribe’s planned habitat restoration in the south fork of the Nooksack River:

Chinook salmon returning to the Nooksack River’s south fork should find a stretch of deep pools, shady pockets and jumbled logs interrupting miles of wide, shallow water, after the Nooksack Indian Tribe completes a $735,000 habitat restoration project in 2008.

The bulk

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Tacoma News Tribune:

Federally protected stocks of salmon and bull trout will lose if the state goes ahead with its proposal to divvy up White River water between Lake Tapps and future municipal suppliers.

That’s according to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, which outlined its disapproval of proposed Lake Tapps water rights in a letter to the state Department of Ecology last week.

Tribal biologists don’t

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A cattle rancher and a neighbor of mine in the Nisqually Watershed, Kenny lived the life of a steward. He proved the belief that actions speak louder than words. No one’s actions spoke louder than Kenny’s.

My lifelong friend passed away this summer, but his legacy will live on.

DEMING (December 7, 2006) – The Nooksack Tribe has been awarded $617,500 from the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board for the construction of four engineered logjams in the lower South Fork Nooksack River, near the mouth of Todd Creek.

The work, slated for summer 2008, is part of continuing habitat restoration aimed at recovering self-sustaining stocks of South Fork Nooksack River chinook and other wild salmon.…

Arlington Times:

STANWOOD — Volunteers from the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians and Stanwood High School planted more than 300 native trees and shrubs from the Tribe’s BankSavers nursery at Hatt Slough Oct. 31, through the Department of Natural Resources’ “Adopt an Access” program.

The Tribe officially “adopted” the Hatt Slough boat launch on Marine Drive in Stanwood, Feb. 14, after Stillaguamish Tribal Chair Shawn Yanity learned

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Indian Country Today:

Frank, Nisqually, is co-chairman of the Puget Sound Partnership, a governor-appointed panel charged with developing a plan to restore the health of Puget Sound by 2020. For their work, Frank and the co-chairmen received the Seventh Generation Legacy Award at the 14th annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration on Nov. 16 at the University of Washington.

The award’s name reflects the Native tradition of

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EATONVILLE (December 4, 2006) – During the last seven winters over 60 tons of chinook salmon carcasses – plus almost 30,000 pounds this year – have been tossed in streams around the Nisqually River watershed through the Nisqually Tribe’s carcass distribution program.

The tribe takes carcasses from their two hatcheries, and with help from volunteers, distributes them throughout the watershed, adding much needed marine nutrients to…

Squaxin Island tribal fisherman conducting a ceremonial fishery earlier this fall.

North Kitsap Herald:

Scientists are turning their focus to a nondescript group of fish as the United States Geological Service moves ahead with its long-term study of Liberty Bay.

Beginning Dec. 10, USGS crews will access beaches between Poulsbo’s Oyster Plant Park and Point Bolin to get a clear idea of the existing forage fish habitats in both developed and relatively undeveloped areas.

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the information

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