The Olympian: Tribe uses Alder Lake debris for salmon restoration
From the Olympian this morning, an article about using trees from behind Alder Lake dam to restore a stretch of salmon habitat: Logs and other woody debris delivered during winter…
Tulalip Tribes’ biomethane plant to benefit salmon restoration
A new biogas plant on Tulalip tribal property is creating more than energy; it's also generating revenue for future salmon restoration projects.
Lummi Nation partners with county, land trust on South Fork Nooksack restoration
LUMMI NATION – The Lummi Nation has entered into a partnership with Whatcom County and the Whatcom Land Trust to re-align a portion of a county road that runs past the tribe’s Skookum Creek Hatchery. This section of the road segment serves primarily as access to the hatchery and to a system of logging roads.
Moving the road off the bank of the South Fork of the Nooksack River will allow the tribe to restore habitat to its natural condition, by replanting native vegetation in the riparian area and building logjams for instream cover and complexity. The project ranked first for restoration benefit in a habitat assessment of the upper South Fork conducted by the tribe’s Natural Resources department in 2007. (more…)
The Olympian: Alarm sounds for young coho
The Olympian covers the results of the Squaxin's Tribes efforts to track young coho as they migrate out of deep southern Puget Sound: Juvenile coho salmon are disappearing at an…
Herald: Smith Island to nurture salmon
The Everett Herald has a story on plans by Snohomish County, in cooperation with Tulalip Tribes, to restore salmon habitat EVERETT - Snohomish County is close to locking up all…
Bellingham Herald: Nooksack salmon habitat restoration set to begin
The few spring chinook salmon that make it back to their spawning grounds on the Nooksack River's south fork next year will be returning to comparative luxury. Deep pools, abundant cover and cool water will greet them at the mouth of Hutchinson Creek near Acme. It will be a vast improvement over the current arrangement - the creek now resembles a quiet side street merging straight into the south fork freeway. Nooksack and Lummi tribal natural resources workers will start this summer on one of the biggest salmon habitat restoration projects in the region in an effort to revive dwindling stocks of spring chinook salmon and bull trout. The project is expected to cost at least $1 million, paid for by federal salmon recovery grants.