KING 5 environmental reporter Gary Chittim reported on the reopening of shellfish beds in Port Susan, thanks to the efforts of the Stillaguamish Tribe.
OLYMPIA – The treaty tribes of western Washington are taking a look at the outcome of salmon recovery efforts over the past decade since Puget Sound chinook, Lake Ozette sockeye and Hood Canal summer chum were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission’s Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program (SSHIAP) is preparing a State of Our Watersheds report…
ARLINGTON – About 1,800 acres of shellfish beds in Port Susan will be reopened to tribal harvest as of April 2, after years of work by the Stillaguamish Tribe.
“This is a great accomplishment,” said Shawn Yanity, fisheries manager for the Stillaguamish Tribe. “Last year, we had a First Salmon Ceremony for the first time in as long as anyone can remember. The opening of Port…
The Lummi Youth Academy joined a Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association work party to plant trees along Smuggler’s Slough as part of a Lummi Nation habitat project to restore fish passage between Bellingham Bay and Lummi Bay.
The state Department of Ecology is contributing part of a National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program grant to the Lummi Nation’s project to restore fish passage between Bellingham Bay and Lummi Bay.
A $700,500 federal grant will be used to buy 160 acres of wetlands connected to the Nooksack River estuary and to restore tidal wetlands next to Smuggler’s Slough, the Washington state Department
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A Stillaguamish tribal canoe is being carved for the first time in what is believed to be 100 years.
Lummi master carver Felix Solomon is carving the canoe while teaching Stillaguamish carvers, fisheries manager Shawn Yanity and assistant fisheries manager Jeff Tatro, at his studio. The flat-bottom shovel-nosed canoe is being carved from a 300-year-old cedar log that was buried 100 years ago under a roadway…
NWIFC Chairman Billy Frank Jr. is featured on the latest Washington Reads poster.
Due to budget constraints, there are no free printed copies of the poster, but it can be downloaded for free from the State Library Web site.
Print quality 11″ x 17″ posters can be purchased for a nominal fee from the Washington State Department of Printing General Store.
Washington Reads is…
The Daily Herald reported on the tribal reaction to a damage control archery hunt last month in Concrete:
Damage-control elk hunts are a management tool that should be used only as a last resort, regional tribal officials said.
In a statement released Wednesday by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Point Elliott Treaty tribal officials said there are better ways to keep elk herds from damaging property.
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MOUNT VERNON – Damage control elk hunts are a management tool that should be used only as a last resort, Point Elliott treaty Indian tribes say.
On Dec. 28, a damage control hunt in Skagit County was canceled after a handful of archery hunters breached the state’s Hunter’s Code of Conduct. As many as 18 animals were killed before the hunt was canceled. During a damage…
LA CONNER — Swinomish Tribe Water Resources Department staffers have been recognized as “Protectors of Mother Earth” for making a simple change at the annual community clam bake.
Instead of using paper plates and disposable utensils, the department brought real plates and silverware to the event held last summer at Lone Tree beach and the Thousand Trails lodge.
The tribe’s newly formed Climate Change Education and…
