What would it matter if we clean up Puget Sound but the rivers feeding it run dry?

We came a small step closer to making sure we always have water in our rivers recently when King County Judge Jim Rogers struck down a bad piece of state water law. He ruled that the state legislature made a mistake in 2003 when it passed Municipal Water Law…

APPROPRIATIONS

House subcommittees have approved appropriations bills that would provide $27.9 billion in discretionary funding. That would top the current level by 4.9 percent increase, or $1.3 billion and Bush’s request by 8.2 percent, or $2.1 billion. The full committee is set to take up the bill on June 18.

OLYMPIA (September 29, 2006) ― There is a traditional Indian belief that we do not actually own the land. We are part of it, and it is part of us. We are all temporary tenants and we’re responsible for its care.

It’s a concept that is as valid today as it has ever been. If people can begin to understand their connection to the earth, they…

There’s no question that hatcheries have a role to play in salmon recovery, but hatchery fish aren’t wild fish, just like hatcheries aren’t habitat.

Hatcheries are absolutely needed to support some wild salmon stocks. Without them, those fish would disappear. Hatcheries make sure we have fish to catch. If we didn’t have hatchery salmon, no one would be fishing. Tribal treaty fishing rights would be meaningless.…