Spartina removal at Swinomish this weekend
People for Puget Sound is hosting the 10th annual Spartina Dig on the Swinomish Reservation starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7 at Swadabs Park.
Fish for a buck!
After spawning out the male and female adult chinook and chum at Grovers Creek Hatchery this fall, the Suquamish Tribal staff has more carcasses than it knows what to do…
Kitsap nearshores closely observed
The Kitsap Sun published a story about the Kitsap Nearshore Assessment Team. The team is collecting data about the quality of fish and wildlife habitat on the eastern shores of…
Lummi hosts largest potlatch in 70 years
Indian Country Today quotes Billy Frank Jr. and Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman in this article about the Lummi potlatch:
Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, beamed as he looked out over the thousands of people crowding the beach at Lummi July 30.
”It is one of the greatest days in our lifetime,” he said. ”Look over there. All the babies, the kids swimming, people are happy. We should be happy all the time. Look at all the good people, all the good energy, people hugging each other and saying hello.”
Tribal paddlers arrive for festivities
The Bellingham Herald has two stories today on the arrival of the canoes: Tribal paddlers arrive for festivities Volunteers help tribal paddle event go smoothly Thousands flocked to the shores…
Arlington Times: Stillaguamish Tribe plants trees at “adopted” Hatt Slough boat launch
Arlington Times: STANWOOD – Volunteers from the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians and Stanwood High School planted more than 300 native trees and shrubs from the Tribe's BankSavers nursery at Hatt…
King County Journal: 550 salmon from Issaquah Hatchery transplanted into Tibbetts Creek
King County Journal: Decades ago, salmon and steelhead returned to tiny Tibbetts Creek in Issaquah to spawn, but the runs eventually disappeared. Now, biologists and others are trying to restart…
Chum back in Muck Creek, Nisqually Watershed
There were a few stories over the weekend about chum salmon making it back to Muck Creek in the Nisqually River watershed, due to efforts by volunteers and the Nisqually…
King 5: Nisqually River late coho
The Nisqually Tribe is continuing their work tracking the late Nisqually coho run. King 5: For years biologists worried that a small run of Coho salmon on the Nisqually River…