Tribe name: Skokomish Tribe Job title: FinFish Technician IV Closed Date: Open until filled Job Description: This position provides technical assistance to finfish program biologists. During December through July, the individual will assist the Finfish Biologist with a long-term steelhead supplementation project to be conducted within the Hood Canal. The individual will also assist with […]
The Tacoma News Tribune reported on the latest project of Tacoma Power’s hydroelectric program on the North Fork of the Skokomish River, as part of the 2009 settlement with the Skokomish Tribe. While adjustments have made to the dams on the river to allow for improved fish passage, a natural feature called Little Falls, two miles downstream […]
The steelhead population in the Skokomish River has doubled since the Skokomish Tribe started a supplementation project in 2006, part of a 16 year-long project to boost the steelhead population in Hood Canal. “The increase in the number of egg nests has given us an early indication that the project is working, but the long-term […]
Construction has started on the Skokomish River with the expectation that sockeye salmon will return to the river after being absent for nearly a decade. The Kitsap Sun (subscription required) reported about the construction of two salmon hatcheries and other facilities on the North Fork of the Skokomish River that will support sockeye and chinook […]
The Skokomish Tribe has strategically placed nearly 100 cinderblocks on the Skokomish tidelands with hopes of attracting an invasive shellfish, the ornate Japanse oyster drill. “Oyster drills are known to seek out hard vertical structures to gather and lay their egg cases, so by experimentally baiting them with cinder blocks, we’re hoping to lessen their […]
Members of the Skokomish Watershed Action Team, which includes the Skokomish Tribe, have been collaborating for a decade on how to best restore the Skokomish watershed, located at the southern end of Hood Canal, in western Washington. From federal agencies to the tribe to private citizens, this is the story of how these very different […]
Fishermen in Hood Canal saw a record number of fall chum salmon return this year with an expected runsize of 1.4 million. Tribal and state managers reported that tribal and non-tribal fishermen caught 1.186 million fall chum in Hood Canal when the expected return was only 324,000. Last year, fishermen caught nearly 582,000 from a […]
Skokomish Tribe shellfish technician William Williams leans over the side of a boat and drops a cement block bristling with Pacific oyster shells into the water near the Skokomish tidelands. The tribe is distributing several of these blocks throughout southern Hood Canal to attract oyster spat, or recruited larvae, to learn more about oyster reproduction […]
Kneeling in a thicket of vegetation in the Skokomish estuary, Shannon Kirby combs her hands through the tall green grasses in front of her, calling out codes that identify them by size, type and abundance. The habitat biologist for the Skokomish Tribe is studying the native freshwater and saltwater vegetation that is taking over the […]
The Skokomish Tribe is upgrading its water quality lab to a state-of-the-art facility. The tribe recently purchased high-end water quality lab equipment from the Shoalwater Bay Tribe to conduct more sophisticated work, such as looking for cancer-causing compounds. “It’s a major deal for Hood Canal,” said Ron Figlar Barnes, the Skokomish Tribe’s EPA coordinator. “It’s […]
