Tribal Officials

SVH: Tribes react to steelhead listing

Following Monday’s listing of Puget Sound steelhead as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act, the Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) reported the following:

Swinomish tribal officials said today that the tribe would likely cut back on its already limited take of steelhead.

“The listing of steelhead as threatened is one more indicator that now is the time to act to save our anadromous fish” said tribal Chairman Brian Cladoosby.

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Elk “Alive and Kicking” After Tribes’ Transfer

TOUTLE (June 9, 2005) – The second round in an ongoing tribal effort to bolster a weak population of elk in the North Cascades was highly successful, tribal officials said. All ten of the elk transferred from the Mt. St. Helens area near Toutle, where elk are plentiful, survived their relocation to the North Sound region.

This year’s transfer adds to the 41 animals the tribes and the state worked together to transfer to the dwindling bands of the Nooksack elk herd.

“We’re happy and proud that all of the animals we brought north have survived,” said Todd Wilbur, Swinomish, chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission’s inter-tribal wildlife committee. “Now, 10 more elk are alive and kicking in core habitat for the Nooksack elk herd.”

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