Makah Tribe subject of KPLU series
KPLU's Liam Moriarty has a conversation with Micah McCarty, Makah tribal councilman, about the People of the Cape as part of the Reflections on the Water, Conversations about the Salish…
Coast Salish-USGS partnership honored with Partners in Conservation Award
The Coast Salish - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tribal Journey Water Quality Project was recognized with the Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation Award. The award recognizes the strength…
Puyallup Tribe urges state to save Voights Creek hatchery
From the Seattle Times:
Buried deep within the 298 pages of the proposed Senate operating budget for 2009-11 is the possible closure of the Voights Creek Hatchery on the Puyallup River watershed.
The long-standing hatchery in Orting, which has been producing salmon since 1917, pumps out a massive 780,000 yearling coho and 1.6 million hatchery-marked chinook annually.
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Coast, Strait Tribes Receive Compensation for Sockeye Run
The Peninsula Daily News reported on the Makah, Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S'Klallam tribes receiving federal funding to make up for poor sockeye runs from British Columbia's Fraser River.…
Northwest Fishery Resource Bulletin
The Northwest Fishery Resource Bulletin presents the results of investigations carried out by the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Western Washington Treaty Tribes, and/or the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission…
Rescue tug rescues the coastal environment
It happened again Dec. 3: Another near grounding of a cargo ship off the Washington coast at our home in Neah Bay. Forty-foot seas powered by 90 mph winds knocked out the main steering on the 720-foot Mattson Kauai near the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Waves shattered all of the windows in the ship’s wheelhouse as the vessel wallowed offshore. Thankfully, the ocean rescue tug Gladiator was on station and able to tow the Kauai to safety. Sadly, neither the state nor federal government will commit to financing placement of a rescue tug year-round in Neah Bay. Close calls like the Kauai don’t make much of a splash in the news, and they happen more often than you know. In the past eight years, the part-time rescue tug at Neah Bay has assisted more than 30 ships in distress. Every year more than 2,000 cargo ships enter the Strait of Juan de Fuca bound for Puget Sound.
Study shows how shorelines have changed in 150 years
LITTLE BOSTON (February 6, 2007) – History is helping show the way for salmon recovery efforts in Kitsap County and on the Olympic Peninsula.
A tool created recently by the Point No Point Treaty Council (PNPTC), allows anyone, from government agencies to private citizens, to access details about the history of certain shorelines and estuaries along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal. The tool, in a report format, can be accessed at the PNPTC Web site, www.pnptc.org.
Tribes Working To Improve Reliability Of Wild Coho Data
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA (June 3, 2002)
Tribal Fisheries Respond To Endangered Species Act
Olympia, 7/15/98-- Don't be surprised if you see tribal fishermen exercising their treaty rights this summer and autumn in the waters of western Washington. Superficial news coverage would portray fishing…