The Skagit River System Cooperative, the natural resources arm of the Swinomish and Sauk-Suiattle tribes, is working with the state Department of Natural Resources to replace a boat launch and…
A reporter from the Puyallup Herald tagged along with some researchers from the Puyallup Tribe as they conducted their first salmon surveys after the damaging winter floods:
One of the major problems biologists see with flooding is what’s known as “scour.” High and often fast-moving water will “dig out all the eggs that were laid down,” said Marks, ruining chances for increased numbers of young fish. He noted that coho and chum salmon spawning “were more or less lost” during the recent flood.
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The North County Outlook: Breeding bald eagles often construct alternate nests in trees within a mile of the original. In Snohomish County, a pair of eagles seemed especially fond of…
The (Everett) Herald reported on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s project to recover South Fork Stillaguamish chinook.
The Seattle P-I, KOMO 1000 and The Olympian and others also picked up the story.
The Stillaguamish Tribe learned this week that it has received $634,044, which it will use to capture 15 to 20 male and female wild returning salmon each fall.
Starting next August, the plan is to collect the eggs and sperm, fertilize them and allow them to hatch and grow into fry at a tribal hatchery in Arlington.
The Arlington Times reports on student tours at the Stillaguamish Hatchery:
Kip Killebrew, fish enhancement biologist with the hatchery, showed the students how harvested eggs and sperm are combined in the hatchery’s trays to fertilize the eggs.
KING 5 reported tonight on the Upper Skagit Tribe's efforts to find out how hundreds of dead coho salmon wound up on a beach near Lyman. Officials discovered the adipose…
The Puyallup Herald ran a pretty good story on the Clarks Creek hatchery: That’s where fish hatcheries like Clark’s Creek Hatchery, owned by the Puyallup Tribe, have made a difference.…