Seattle-based nonprofit news organization Crosscut awarded the late Billy Frank Jr. the David Brewster Lifetime Achievement Award this morning during its 2014 Courage Awards ceremony.
Last week, Crosscut published a profile about Billy and his life’s work, interviewing tribal and environmental leaders and politicians. (more…)
Tonight's broadcast of PBS NewsHour is scheduled to feature the Swinomish Tribe's Climate Change Initiative and an interview with NWIFC Chairman Billy Frank Jr: Rising water temperatures don't bode well…
A Northwest take on the Nobel Peace Prize suggests NWIFC Chairman Billy Frank Jr. for the award: My Nobel Peace Prize candidate after tomorrow is also a Northwesterner: Billy Frank…
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…
The treaty tribes of western Washington look forward to continuing to work with Phil Anderson as director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
Anderson was named the department’s permanent director Saturday by the nine-member commission Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. Anderson had been serving as interim director since last December, when Jeff Koenings resigned from the position.
“Phil is a fair and honest man,” said Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. (more…)