Tribes are steadfast about their treaty shellfish harvest rights. If we weren't, our livelihoods and cultures would disappear. In Mystery Bay, off Marrowstone Island, several tribes are working hard to…
The Jamestown S'Klallam and Port Gamble S'Klallam tribes recently made headlines by taking a position on the potential prohibiting of shellfish harvest in Mystery Bay, off Marrowstone Island, near Port…
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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.
OLYMPIA, WA – Step by step we are working to restore the health of Puget Sound, the rivers and our Pacific coast. We’re working through the Puget Sound Partnership clean-up…
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The North Kitsap Herald reported on the latest of the proposed dock for the town of Port Gamble, which is across the bay from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe: "Out…
The Kitsap Sun has published a follow up story to the proposed dock to be constructed in Port Gamble Bay, across the way from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's reservation.…
The North Kitsap Herald reported that a permanent dock proposed to be constructed in Port Gamble Bay, will not be built; instead, only a temporary dock will be installed to serve the transportation needs of residents during the Hood Canal Bridge closure in 2009, then removed. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe had expressed concerns in December about environmental and cultural impacts of the permanent dock to the tribe’s home waters.
HOOD CANAL — Floating an idea to work with Olympic Property Group to utilize its proposed 230-foot dock in Port Gamble for the six-week Hood Canal Bridge closure in 2009, the Washington State Department of Transportation has decided to move forward with its own temporary pier plan. Department officials had been waiting to see if OPG’s project would get permitted before the end of 2007, and because it didn’t, will now implement its own proposal to meet the closure deadline.
The Kitsap Sun printed this story about the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's concerns about a proposed dock to be built within its home fishing waters. PORT GAMBLE - There's a…