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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 1033 Old Blyn Hwy Sequim,WA 98382 Phone: (360) 683-1109 Fax: (360) 681-3405 Fisheries Office: (360) 683-4624 Fax: (360) 681-4611 Website: www.jamestowntribe.org Natural Resources Director Hansi Hals Habitat Program Manager Randy Johnson Land…

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Port Gamble starts water quality and plankton monitoring programs

PORT GAMBLE BAY (July 9, 2008) – An upclose study of plankton in Port Gamble Bay and Hood Canal could provide telling results about the health of Puget Sound for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries department.

The tribe is monitoring plankton levels along with water quality because plankton are the most basic level of the food chain for the marine ecosystem. The study will also show biologists how the ecosystem itself is changing.

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Hands-On Experiences Teach Importance of Preserving Watershed

DUNGENESS BAY (June 13, 2008) – Shelby Schleve scrunched up her nose at the butter clams lying open on the picnic table, their slimy innards exposed. But it didn’t take long for the Sequim Middle School eighth-grader to start poking at the clam’s digestive system for a closer look.

“We’re learning there’s some pretty nasty stuff in the watershed,” she said, after hearing about fecal coliform bacteria from animal and human waste, a tell-tale sign of water pollution.

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