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Archive for 2002

Tribes Urge Public To Heed Water Problems

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

FIELD CREEK (Dec. 12, 2002)



Lummi Culvert Project Opens Up Critical Habitat For Salmon

By • 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 – spawning …



Puyallup Tribe Looking For Chum Ancestors

By • Dec 10th, 2002 • Category: News

PUYALLUP (Dec. 10, 2002)



Value Of Chum Salmon Greater Than Its Parts

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

HOODSPORT (Dec. 4, 2002)



Nooksack Study: Rocks Roll Over Salmon Nests During Floods

By • Dec 3rd, 2002 • Category: News

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



Lummi TFW Program Defends Priceless Cultural Resources

By • Dec 3rd, 2002 • Category: News

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 continues …



Water Quality Monitoring Critical For Quileute Tribe

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

LAPUSH (Nov. 27, 2002)



Tribe Maps Chinook Spawning Grounds Along The Dungeness River

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

SEQUIM (Nov. 26, 2002)



Federal Update: Environmental Laws In Republican Crosshairs

By • Dec 2nd, 2002 • Category: Uncategorized

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN REPUBLICAN CROSSHAIRS

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