Everett Herald

Grant may save Stillaguamish River chinook

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 Herald:

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.

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Commentary: Harvest shows sound wildlife co-management

The (Everett) Herald ran a guest commentary by Todd Wilbur, chairman of the Inter-Tribal Wildlife Committee:

After years of state and tribal efforts to restore the dwindling Nooksack elk herd, tribal and non-Indian hunters may have a chance to share the harvest of 30 surplus bulls. This is a terrific sign that our restoration efforts are working and is a direct result of effective wildlife co-management by the state and treaty Indian tribes in Western Washington.

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Return of the King

The (Everett) Herald has a story about the Tulalip Salmon Ceremony, and notes that the chinook run already has arrived:

This Saturday, Tulalip tribal members will welcome Big Chief King Salmon, the symbolic first salmon of the season, with great pageantry.

Every year, tribal members welcome the salmon – a message to all the fish that they are the honored guests of the season.

And this season, for the first time in years, King Salmon will come from Tulalip Bay.

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