Behind the Scenes: Tribe’s River Restoration Crew Gets the Job Done
LOWER ELWHA (November 19, 2008) - The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe's habitat restoration crew is midway through its effort to build 50 engineered logjams on the Elwha River before two…
Suquamish Successfully Squelching Spartina
SUQUAMISH (July 9, 2008) – The Suquamish Tribe is confident it has removed most of the invasive spartina from the Doe-Keg-Wats estuary.
The invasive spartina grass, also known as cordgrass, has been causing problems in area since the mid-1990s. Doe-Keg-Wats is a 132-acre wetland area near Indianola that is a traditional ceremonial and harvesting site for the tribe. The tribe is focusing its efforts on an 1.5-acre tidal zone to determine what eradication efforts will work best.
Hurd Creek Hatchery Vital To Salmon Restoration
BLYN (Feb. 14, 2003) — In the mid-1990s, fisheries biologists throughout the Pacific Northwest turned their attention on a small hatchery in the lower Dungeness River, where a new approach to restoring a dwindling chinook population was in the works. If successful, it was thought the project could improve hatchery techniques, and most importantly bring back a salmon species from the brink of extinction.
In 2003, attention once again has turned to the Hurd Creek hatchery near Sequim. Not because of the facility’s success with recovering wild salmon, but because the hatchery itself is close to extinction. Gov. Gary Locke’s proposed budget for the next two years calls for three state Department of Fish and Wildlife hatcheries to be closed, including the Hurd Creek facility.