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 […]
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe recently learned that Sequim Bay is filled with more eelgrass than previously thought, and that’s good for the bay’s summer chum salmon, an ESA-listed species. “It’s a good sign to see that eelgrass was found nearly all the way around the bay,” said Lohna O’Rourke, the tribe’s environmental biologist. “This provides […]
While securely nestled within gravel beds, salmon eggs need proper levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) to survive. As part of monitoring the restored Jimmycomelately Creek, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is testing the DO levels within the streambed’s gravel, where salmon make their egg nests, also called redds. The tribe is taking water samples from 21 […]
