Back to the River documentary premieres at Seattle Aquarium
The premiere of the documentary, Back to the River, was held at the Seattle Aquarium Feb. 2. The movie details the story of the treaty rights struggle from the pre-Boldt…
Puget Sound subject of ocean acidification studies
The Seattle Times has an article discussing the developing science and research into the effects of ocean acidification in Puget Sound.
Tribes to gather water quality info during Canoe Journey for second year
Tribal canoes are participating in a water quality study in partnership with the USGS for a second year. Five canoes will tow water quality probes during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, which culminates at Suquamish Aug. 3-8.
To learn about what happens on and in the water, one of the best places to be is in the belly of a canoe — about a foot away from the surface, moving more slowly than most other vessels. That’s why federal scientists have asked tribal canoeists, for the second year in a row, to help them find out more about the health of the water in the Puget Sound region. (more…)
Kitsap Sun: Gorst Chinook Run Changes
The Kitsap Sun reported on the potentially early-returning chinook to Sinclair Inlet in a few years. GORST — Three years from now, anglers and tribal fishermen should be able to…
Squaxin Island Tribe clam growth research video
The Squaxin Island Tribe numbers individual clams on several growth plots around southern Puget Sound to get a good idea of how quickly shellfish grow on various beaches. Here is…
Major Success in Lower Elwha Klallam Steelhead Broodstock Program
LOWER ELWHA – The setup looks complicated. Two tables covered with data sheets, laptops, glass slides, a digital scale and instruments for taking blood samples are set up next to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s hatchery ponds. Steelhead are being pulled from the ponds and weighed, measured, sampled and spawned. Each of nearly a dozen people have a specific job in this organized chaos to help spawn nearly 150 four-year-old steelhead. (more…)
PBS: Salmon Streams’ Struggle Continues 40 Years After Clean Water Act
PBS recently featured a report on tribal efforts to restore salmon. The report was based on work done during the filming of “Poisoned Waters.”
From the Jim Leher News Hour:
JIM LEHRER: Next tonight, America’s waterways nearly four decades after passage of the Clean Water Act.
Our story comes from special correspondent Hedrick Smith. It was drawn from his recent “Frontline” project called “Poisoned Waters.” He reports from the Pacific Northwest, where salmon streams are endangered by manmade problems.
HEDRICK SMITH, Special Correspondent: I saw the impact of the human footprint up close here in the Skagit River delta, about 80 miles north of Seattle.
BRIAN CLADOOSBY, chairman, Swinomish tribe: We can fish from here way up the Skagit, but we just choose to fish in this location because it’s a nice, long drift.
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Video from the South Sound Science Symposium
A videographer produced a series of videos of the South Sound Science Symposium earlier this month. The symposium was hosted by the Squaxin Island Tribe and brought together scientiests from…
Tribes’ beaver research featured in Seattle Times
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) has found evidence that beavers living in the tidal marsh are creating prime salmon habitat. The SRSC is the natural resources arm of the Swinomish and Sauk-Suiattle tribes.
Today, only about 6 percent of the tidal scrub shrub habitat is left in the Skagit River Delta, and that’s better than a lot of places where it’s gone altogether. (more…)
Herald reports on EPA grants to tribes
The Daily Herald of Everett reported on the $2 million in grants awarded to tribes by the EPA, describing how the Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes plan to use the money:…
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