Media roundup of culvert case decision
Here are a few stories from this morning on the decision in the culvert case. Seattle Times: Culvert ruling backs tribes Seattle PI: Tribes win ruling on salmon Associated Press:…
Seattle Times: Tribe swaps land with WA State Parks
The Seattle Times printed a story about the Skokomish Tribe and Washington State Parks swapping acreage near the Skokomish reservation. Plans for the land include restoration of tidelands and construction…
Tribes to gather at treaty site
The Seattle Times and the P-I both reported on a historic gathering of the Point Elliott Treaty tribes tomorrow in Mukilteo.
More than 150 years ago, Native tribes from across the Puget Sound region signed a treaty in Mukilteo giving up their land in exchange for reservations, cash and tribal fishing and hunting rights.
Tribes, commercial growers celebrate shellfish settlement
On Friday the tribes and commercial shellfish growers agreed to a historic agreement, settling more than a century of controversy. KOMO: Tribes, growers celebrate Puget Sound shellfish settlement Seattle Times:…
Seattle Times: Thanks to hatchery change, prices up
The Seattle Times has a story about the Tulalip Tribes change to an earlier returning hatchery chinook broodstock:
Spring 2007 will be known as a time when Tulalip fishermen were pulling chinook salmon out of the bay — and selling them for $6 a pound.
Tulalip Bubble Fishery opens June 1
The Seattle Times and Seattle P-I outdoors reporters make note of the Tulalip Tribes bubble fishery, which opens tomorrow, observing that tribal fishermen already have caught sizable chinook. The Times:…
Elwha dam removal delayed once again
The Seattle Times reported that the start date for removing the two dams on the Elwha River, the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams, has once again been pushed back. The…
Swinomish release results of shellfish study
The Seattle Times and Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) reported on the results of the Swinomish Tribe’s study on toxics in their traditional shellfishing areas.
Seattle Times:
The study, funded by a $1.2 million grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), found enough of the so-called “bioaccumulative toxics” — chemicals that remain in the body for long periods of time — for many tribal members to worry because they eat about 20 times more shellfish than average Americans.
“We have a saying in Indian country that when the tide is out the table is set,” said Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community.
“Right now we are coming into the springtime, and our tribal members are hitting the beaches weekly. And for this study to show that our tribal members have to limit their intake is very sad.”
North Kitsap Herald: Grover’s Creek set to release chinook
The North Kitsap Herald writes about the tagging and clipping efforts by the Suquamish Tribe as they prepare to release chinook from their Grover's Creek hatchery: Tagging the fish and…
Skagit County proposes raising taxes to save salmon
Skagit County commissioners proposed raising property taxes to create streamside buffers around the Skagit River and its tributaries.
A proposal announced Thursday and headed to the county’s voters in the summer would cost the average homeowner about $25 a year. The county commissioners say raising public money to buy land from willing sellers would not only preserve land along the river and streams and boost salmon survival, but it might even help endangered orcas.