Makah Tribe creates Sooes Creek habitat
Seattle Times: Migrating fish in the Sooes River on the Olympic coast are getting a helping hand from the Makah Tribe. One day late last month in a span of…
Upstream of Old Dam, Squaxin Island Tribe Finding Salmon
SHELTON (April 14, 2003) — Since Goldsborough Dam was torn down two years ago, hundreds of salmon have begun spawning above the site of the old dam. Last year, the Squaxin Island Tribe counted over 15,000 young chum salmon migrating down from the newly opened habitat. “A lot great salmon habitat was blocked when Goldsborough Dam was built. We’re excited to see how many salmon have been getting up there in the two years the creek has been open,” said Joseph Peters, fisheries biologist with the Squaxin Island Tribe. “The success of removal can’t be judged without first seeing how many salmon use the new habitat.”