NEAH BAY (Sept. 13, 2001) The Makah Tribe has set aside 278 pristine acres of rapidly disappearing marbled murrelet habitat in the Waatch River Valley. The set aside was acquired as part of the Tenyo Maru oil spill settlement. The Tenyo Maru sank in July 22, 1991 after being rammed by a Chinese grain ship, […]
LAKE OZETTE (Sept. 7, 2001) Visitors to Lake Ozette on the North Olympic Peninsula will see a small boat with strange antennae array and high tech equipment plying the waters this summer and into the fall. It isn
FORKS (Sept. 5, 2001) – Two nameless tributaries of the Shuwah River northeast of Forks will once again be hospitable for fish following the completion of a habitat restoration project by the Quileute Tribe. A crew of five tribal members is performing the physically demanding task of cutting and clearing wood and debris blocking the […]
TAHOLAH (Sept. 5, 2001) The blueback or sockeye salmon has been synonymous with the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) for thousands of years. While all salmon are important to the QIN, recent efforts to enhance the populations of Lake Quinault/Quinault River sockeye using state-of-the art management techniques are particularly important given the blueback
NEAH BAY (Aug. 3, 2001) – The Makah Tribe recently celebrated the opening of a new fisheries lab that will enable Yongwen Gao, the Makah
NEAH BAY (July 13, 2001) The Makah Tribe today welcomed the news that the federal government again found that the North Pacific gray whale population is healthy and that Makah whaling does not harm the species.
HAMILTON (July 1, 2001) – Once, chinook and coho salmon ran in plentiful numbers through the South Fork of the Nooksack River. With Lummi Nation beginning construction of six logjams in the Larson
Treaty Indian tribes in western Washington filed suit in federal district court against the State of Washington to compel the state to fix and maintain culverts under state roads in western Washington that illegally prevent wild salmon from reaching spawning and rearing habitat. The suit was filed as a sub-proceeding of United States v. Washington […]
What Is The Cause Of Action The Tribes Are Claiming Under The Culvert Case? The Washington State Department of Transportation and other state agencies have built road culverts that either were improperly designed and installed or have failed to maintain adequate fish passage. Fish blocking culverts contribute to the loss of spawning and rearing habitats […]
