Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe natural resources director Scott Chitwood spoke with the Sequim Gazette recently about the tribe's concern for water supply and salmon this summer following 2014-15's mild winter and low snowpack…
The Peninsula Daily News reported how the recent heavy rains have damaged Sequim's Railroad Bridge at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, of which the Jamestown Tribe is the property owner. The…
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to know which age class of steelhead is surviving best within the Dungeness River watershed.
While checking smolt traps and conducting spawning ground surveys this spring, the tribe took tail and scale samples from 500 juvenile steelhead in five creeks between Sequim and Port Angeles: Seibert, McDonald, Matriotti, Bell and Jimmycomelately.
“We’re already counting the adults and juveniles every spring and fall, so why not take DNA samples and develop an age database for steelhead?” said natural resources technician Chris Burns.
Federal and private dikes built along the lower Dungeness River in 1964 and 1983 have caused ever-increasing harm to salmon. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dike and a private…
Snorkeling the Dungeness River at night recently gave Byron Rot a new appreciation for the fish he works hard to protect.
“The river is fast, steep and strong. It’s a hard river to crawl up while snorkeling and surveying, much less swim, especially if you’re a tiny juvenile salmon,” said the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s habitat manager. “The old management practices that led to a straight and steep river have really impacted the fish and where they can live.”
Rot, eight other snorkelers, and four data recorders, spent a recent Thursday evening on a three-quarter mile stretch of the river near Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The group was looking for fish especially around the logjams the tribe had built in 2007 and 2008 to create salmon habitat in a stretch of river nearly devoid of it. (more…)
The Sequim Gazette reported on the efforts by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and Dungeness River Audubon Center to assess and repair recent damage to a portion of the Olympic Discovery…
The Peninsula Daily News posted an article calling for comments for the Dungeness River Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan. The plan offers recommendations for land uses in the flood-prone areas…
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has worked too hard to let an innocent-looking lilac-scented shrub take over its restoration efforts of the Dungeness River. Much like knotweed, Scotch broom and English ivy, the butterfly bush, also known as Buddleia, has become an invasive species in recent years.
The Northwest Fishery Resource Bulletin presents the results of investigations carried out by the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Western Washington Treaty Tribes, and/or the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission…
DUNGENESS BAY (June 13, 2008) – Shelby Schleve scrunched up her nose at the butter clams lying open on the picnic table, their slimy innards exposed. But it didn’t take long for the Sequim Middle School eighth-grader to start poking at the clam’s digestive system for a closer look.
“We’re learning there’s some pretty nasty stuff in the watershed,” she said, after hearing about fecal coliform bacteria from animal and human waste, a tell-tale sign of water pollution.