Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is hiring for the position of European Green Crab Technician – AmeriCorps The European Green Crab Technician is an AmeriCorps position that will assist the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Refuge Management staff in the monitoring and control of invasive European Green Crab (EGC) from Dungeness Bay and other waterways within and adjacent to […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is starting to see the effects of this year’s predicted low water flow in the Dungeness River Valley much sooner than anticipated. Tribal natural resources staff discovered this week that the mouth of Siebert Creek had been cut off by a sandbar – a typical problem with the creek during a […]
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe natural resources director Scott Chitwood spoke with the Sequim Gazette recently about the tribe’s concern for water supply and salmon this summer following 2014-15’s mild winter and low snowpack in the Olympic Mountains. “We’re thinking about surface flows,” Scott Chitwood, natural resources director for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, said. “What influences groundwater influences surface […]
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 […]
The Sequim Gazette reported on this fall’s return of summer chum to Jimmycomelately Creek. Numbers aren’t as high this year as last year’s 8,000 fish that returned to the creek, but biologists credit the overall increased numbes of fish returning to the creek to both the state’s supplementation program and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s massive restoration of the creek in […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is developing its own shellfish hatchery to benefit both tribal and non-tribal shellfish operations in Puget Sound. The tribe plans to raise shellfish and grow shellfish seed (larvae) to sell, said Kurt Grinnell, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe vice-chair. The tribe leased the former Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish hatchery in […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to know which age class of steelhead is surviving best within the Dungeness River watershed. While checking smolt traps and conducting spawning ground surveys this spring, the tribe took tail and scale samples from 500 juvenile steelhead in five creeks between Sequim and Port Angeles: Seibert, McDonald, Matriotti, Bell and […]
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Chairman Ron Allen wrote a piece for the Peninsula Daily News about the tribe’s effort to prepare for climate change. The tribe underwent an extensive study recently to determine the tribal community’s vulnerability to risks such as sea level rise. From the column: The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, with the help of Adaptation […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam, Nisqually and Stillaguamish tribes are participating in the SoundToxins monitoring program to provide early warning of harmful algal blooms (HAB) and outbreaks of bacteria that could sicken humans. “We want to make sure shellfish are safe to consume, not just for tribal members, but for all seafood consumers,” said Sue Shotwell, shellfish […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is restoring salmon habitat in the 118-acre Washington Harbor by replacing a roadway and two culverts with a 600-foot-long bridge. The 600-foot-long road and the two 6-foot-wide culverts restrict tidal flow to a 37-acre estuary within the harbor adjacent to Sequim Bay, blocking fish access and harming salmon habitat. The tribe […]
