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Squaxin Island Tribe transfers over 1 million coho to netpens

From the Squaxin Island Tribe’s natural resources blog:

This week the Squaxin Island Tribe Natural Resources (SINR) and Washington State Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) started hauling the first batch of juvenile coho to the South Sound Net Pens (SSNP) located in Peale Passage. SSNP is a co-managed facility by the SINR and WDFW that has released an average of 1.5 million coho smolt yearly to benefit Sport and commercial fisheries through out the Puget Sound.

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Healing of Hyas Creek From 1951 Fire Gets a Boost From Cooperative Effort

"There are only two anadromous fish-bearing tributaries in that portion of the South Fork Calawah drainage and Hyas Creek is one of them," said Phil DeCillis, fisheries biologist for USFS. "It had the least amount of wood per mile of the streams we surveyed, so it was important to get more in there. The tributaries are important refuge areas for fish."

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Tribes Applaud Federal Funding For Natural Resources

OLYMPIA (December 20, 2007) — The status quo isn’t always something to cheer about, but when it comes to securing federal funding for tribal natural resource management during tough budgetary times, the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington are applauding the efforts of the state’s congressional delegation.

“Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks came through for us Indian people, but really, everyone benefits from the work we do to preserve, protect and restore our natural resources,” said Billy Frank, Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

The omnibus funding bill signed by the President Dec. 20 restores $1.8 million for tribal participation in the Pacific Salmon Treaty. That brings total tribal funding to near status quo funding of $4.1 million. The funding is shared by tribes in western Washington and along the Columbia River, as well as the Metlakatla Indian community in Southeast Alaska.

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