Tag Archives: flooding

PDN: Heavy rains damage property, shift Dungeness River

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 winter storms, going back to December, also have significantly shifted the river’s main channel. While part of the bridge’s western trestle was damaged by heavy river […]

Quinault Indian Nation opposes dams in Chehalis River basin

The Quinault Indian Nation opposes the construction of two dams proposed for the Chehalis River basin and has requested government-to-government consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss potential environmental impacts. “We fear that constructing the dams would add to the sad legacy of problems caused by decades of neglect and damage to […]