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We need to win the battle for salmon recovery

By • Feb 6th, 2012 • Category: Being Frank

We are losing the battle for salmon recovery in western Washington because salmon habitat is being destroyed faster than it can be restored. Despite massive cuts in harvest, careful use of hatcheries and a huge financial investment in restoration during the past four decades, salmon continue to decline along with their habitat. As the salmon disappear, so do our tribal cultures and treaty rights. We are …


Nisqually Valley News: Roy welcomes home salmon

By • Jan 26th, 2012 • Category: NWIFC Blog

The Nisqually Valley News covers the Roy Salmon Homecoming:

Sponsored by the Nisqually Tribe and the City of Roy, the event featured displays of salmon and salmon restoration, educational activities, and speakers from organizations involved in salmon restoration.

Before several people addressed the crowd, Nisqually Tribe elder Bob Sison kicked off the event by blessing Muck Creek and the salmon.

“Heavenly Father, creator of heaven

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Video: Nisqually tribal crab fishery

By • Jan 13th, 2012 • Category: NWIFC Blog, Video

A new video is up on the NWIFC video feed, featuring the Nisqually tribal crab fishery:

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Press release: Tribes seek federal support to resolve Nooksack basin water rights conflict

By • Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: NWIFC Blog

From the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, via state Department of Ecology

Six years of multi-party water rights negotiations in the Nooksack basin of Whatcom County have been suspended while the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe seek federal support to quantify their water rights.

At issue is how much water should remain in various reaches and streams of the Nooksack River, and how much

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Sport fishing video series takes a look at Puyallup Tribal fishing

By • Dec 19th, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog, Video

The F24 Fishing Xperience took some time on the Puyallup River to talk to some tribal fishermen as they unloaded their catches at the Clarks Creek bridge. The impact of loss of habitat on salmon populations and hatchery management was discussed, among other topics.

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Earthfix: How Much Seafood Is the NW Eating? The Answer Impacts Water Quality

By • Dec 13th, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog

Earthfix ran a story this morning about the process now underway to hopefully reconnect our water quality standards with how much seafood people actually eat around here. From the story:

And that’s important because if the state acknowledges that people are eating more creatures that live in the water, that means the water needs to get cleaner. This past fall Oregon upped its number to 175

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Tribes support Washington Shellfish Initiative

By • Dec 12th, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog, Uncategorized

Representatives of western Washington treaty tribes were present at last week’s event celebrating the Washington Shellfish Initiative. The effort would promote growing shellfish and restoring ecosystems in Washington State.

From the Olympian’s coverage of the event:

Supporters of the initiative said the shellfish industry raises clams and oysters that filter and improve water quality. They are part of the Puget Sound cleanup solution, not part

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Yakima Herald Republic: Where were the elk? Ask the rumor mill

By • Dec 12th, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog

Scott Sandsberry wrote another great column on tribal wildlife management. He followed up his column from a couple of months ago with a new one dispelling rumors of impacts of tribal hunting.

Read the entire column here, but this is a good sample:

“Guys were saying, ‘Yeah, we were sitting around the campfire and we saw this black helicopter come over and we know it

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Video: Midway Creek restoration by the Squaxin Island Tribe

By • Dec 8th, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog, Video

Coho stacked up underneath a couple of culverts in the Goldsborough Creek watershed show the need for the restoration of Midway Creek by the Squaxin Island Tribe and its partners.

The Midway Creek fish passage project is part of a larger Goldsborough Creek watershed project by the Squaxin Island Tribe.

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Video: Budd/Deschutes coalition signing ceremony

By • Dec 1st, 2011 • Category: NWIFC Blog

Earlier this week, leaders from the Squaxin Island Tribe and three cities came together to celebrate the formation of the Budd/Deschutes Environmental Stewardship Coalition.

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