Representatives from the treaty tribes in western Washington testified February 20 in the Senate committee on Energy, Natural Resources and Marine Waters. They discussed tribal fisheries management, the economic benefits…
Following the Skokomish River estuary restoration effort in 2010, the Skokomish Tribe has been closely monitoring the project site in hopes of seeing salmon using the new habitat for feeding…
The Skokomish Tribe celebrated the title transfer of 1,000 acres of land on Sept. 9 from Tacoma Power to the tribe. The land transfer, as well a payment of $11…
The Skokomish Tribe is wrapping up the first five years of an intensive 16-year study to enhance steelhead populations in Hood Canal rivers. Puget Sound steelhead are listed as “threatened”…
The Skokomish Tribe participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Lake Kokanee this spring to celebrate the beginning of the construction of a new upstream fish passage facility and a new dam powerhouse on the North Fork of the Skokomish River. (more…)
The Kitsap Sun did a follow up to last year's logjam project on the South Fork of the Skokomish River, where logjams were installed within a one-mile reach of the…
The Skokomish Tribe and U.S. Forest Service collaborated this fall to plant native trees and shrubs on 30 acres of previously pre-commercially thinned stands in the South Fork of the Skokomish River to improve elk habitat in the Olympic National Forest.
Plants included red elderberry and snowberry bushes and willow and red osier dogwood trees. During the fall of 2009, cuttings of the four species were obtained from the watershed and the plants have been growing for the last year with Sound Native Plants of Olympia, Wash. (more…)
Habitat in a 1-mile stretch of the Skokomish River that has been degrading since the 1950s is getting a healthy boost with more than 2,000 logs and hundreds of native…
This year's annual paddle journey is underway this week in Neah Bay where the Makah Tribe is hosting the 86 canoes. Pictures from parts of the journey and landing in…
The Kitsap Sun reported on the new license issued recently by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Cushman Hydroelectric Dams to operate legally for the next 38 years. The…