“I’m 78 right now and still in the courtroom all day, still talking about fixing the salmon problem,” Frank said. “It never seems to get done, and we’re running out of time.” – Billy Frank Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
The Seattle Times posted this story about Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s steelhead broodstock program efforts recently: Tribe reviving wild Elwha steelhead In an effort to keep the wild steelhead in the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula from disappearing forever, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is hard at work raising them in a hatchery. The […]
As reported on the Seattle Times Reel Time Northwest blog, the Tulalip Tribes will not have crab pots in the water when the recreational “bubble” fishery opens Friday. The bubble fishery gives sport fishermen a chance to catch hatchery salmon returning to Tulalip Bay. The harvest focuses on abundant hatchery fish while minimizing the impact […]
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. The Seattle Times reports: Today, only about 6 percent of the tidal scrub shrub habitat is left in the Skagit River […]
From the Seattle Times: Buried deep within the 298 pages of the proposed Senate operating budget for 2009-11 is the possible closure of the Voights Creek Hatchery on the Puyallup River watershed. The long-standing hatchery in Orting, which has been producing salmon since 1917, pumps out a massive 780,000 yearling coho and 1.6 million hatchery-marked […]
Nature has established a rhythm through the millennia of our planet’s existence. It’s a rhythm that, for the sake of our children’s children, society cannot continue to ignore. The result of society’s effort to ignore that rhythm anyway is playing out in the backyards of our ever-expanding neighborhoods. When Tabby, the crows and the raccoons […]
The Seattle Times led its outdoor sports column on March 2 with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s carcass project. From The Times: Almost 100 years ago the Elwha River on the northern Olympic Coast had wild chinook salmon topping 100 pounds. Then came the modern industrial era, and in 1913 this once pristine river that […]
The Seattle Times today reports on the culvert case ruling and the challenges of replacing fish-blocking culverts: More than 1,676 culverts from Neah Bay to Walla Walla block more than 2,377 miles of potential salmon habitat. And those are just the culverts owned by the state Department of Transportation. Pipes owned and maintained by other […]
The Seattle Times and the Marysville Globe reported on 100 years of hatchery cooperation. The Seattle Times: The Tulalip Tribes continued a century-old tradition last week of partnering with state hatcheries for the increased production of Puget Sound salmon. Since 1907, tribal members have traveled to the Wallace River Hatchery near Gold Bar, working with […]
Both the Seattle Times and PI ran editorials praising the culvert case decision from last week. From the Seattle Times: A federal judge articulated and reinforced a long-standing deal with Northwest tribes. Sign a treaty that cedes millions of acres, and the right to take fish from healthy runs will be protected. Forever. … Frank […]
