Jamestown S’Klallam reconnects creek to strait to save fish
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is starting to see the effects of this year’s predicted low water flow in the Dungeness River Valley much sooner than anticipated. Tribal natural resources staff...
View ArticleMarine Survival Project Looks at Salmon Poisoning Disease
Steelhead out-migrating from North Sound rivers appear to have better marine survival than steelhead smolts from South Sound, and researchers are studying salmon poisoning disease as a potential cause....
View ArticleVideo: Lummi Nation releases a million coho yearlings
Every year, the Lummi Nation releases a million coho yearlings from its Lummi Bay Hatchery in two batches of 500,000 fish. The fish are spawned at the Lummi Bay Hatchery and reared at the state’s...
View ArticleStillaguamish Tribe sponsors salmon habitat restoration on Cherokee Creek
The Stillaguamish Tribe recently partnered with the state Department of Natural Resources Family Forest Fish Passage Program to restore access to Cherokee Creek, near Darrington. Cherokee Creek...
View ArticleGrovers Creek Coho Used for Stormwater Runoff Study
Using fish from the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek hatchery, federal agencies and their partners are determining just how lethal polluted urban highway runoff is to salmon. Staff from the U.S. Fish...
View ArticleTulalip Tribes release record number of coho
The Tulalip Tribes’ Bernie Kai-Kai Gobin Salmon Hatchery released a record number of coho salmon this year, thanks to rearing improvements that led to a high survival rate. In June, tribal hatchery...
View ArticleKitsap Sun: Suquamish Tribe discusses this fall’s returning salmon
In an article discussing the annual return of killer whales to Puget Sound, the Kitsap Sun also talked with the Suquamish Tribe about salmon returning to the Kitsap Peninsula, and what folks could...
View ArticleKitsap Sun: Long-awaited coho found in Agate Pass
The Kitsap Sun’s fishing columnist, Dave Shorett, posted an article about the coho salmon that are coming through Agate Pass this fall. Giving props to the Suquamish Tribe’s net pen program that...
View ArticleSkokomish Tribe Commemorates New Fish Passage at Lake Cushman
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...
View ArticleLummi Nation aids study of bacterial disease in hatchery coho
The Lummi Nation’s Skookum Creek Hatchery is working with the University of Idaho’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to study a bacterial disease that attacks coho salmon. Flavobacterium...
View ArticleJamestown S’Klallam reconnects creek to strait to save fish
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is starting to see the effects of this year’s predicted low water flow in the Dungeness River Valley much sooner than anticipated. Tribal natural resources staff...
View ArticleMarine Survival Project Looks at Salmon Poisoning Disease
Steelhead out-migrating from North Sound rivers appear to have better marine survival than steelhead smolts from South Sound, and researchers are studying salmon poisoning disease as a potential cause....
View ArticleVideo: Lummi Nation releases a million coho yearlings
Every year, the Lummi Nation releases a million coho yearlings from its Lummi Bay Hatchery in two batches of 500,000 fish. The fish are spawned at the Lummi Bay Hatchery and reared at the state’s...
View ArticleStillaguamish Tribe sponsors salmon habitat restoration on Cherokee Creek
The Stillaguamish Tribe recently partnered with the state Department of Natural Resources Family Forest Fish Passage Program to restore access to Cherokee Creek, near Darrington. Cherokee Creek...
View ArticleGrovers Creek Coho Used for Stormwater Runoff Study
Using fish from the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek hatchery, federal agencies and their partners are determining just how lethal polluted urban highway runoff is to salmon. Staff from the U.S. Fish...
View ArticleTulalip Tribes release record number of coho
The Tulalip Tribes’ Bernie Kai-Kai Gobin Salmon Hatchery released a record number of coho salmon this year, thanks to rearing improvements that led to a high survival rate. In June, tribal hatchery...
View ArticleKitsap Sun: Suquamish Tribe discusses this fall’s returning salmon
In an article discussing the annual return of killer whales to Puget Sound, the Kitsap Sun also talked with the Suquamish Tribe about salmon returning to the Kitsap Peninsula, and what folks could...
View ArticleKitsap Sun: Long-awaited coho found in Agate Pass
The Kitsap Sun’s fishing columnist, Dave Shorett, posted an article about the coho salmon that are coming through Agate Pass this fall. Giving props to the Suquamish Tribe’s net pen program that...
View ArticleSkokomish Tribe Commemorates New Fish Passage at Lake Cushman
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...
View ArticleLummi Nation aids study of bacterial disease in hatchery coho
The Lummi Nation’s Skookum Creek Hatchery is working with the University of Idaho’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to study a bacterial disease that attacks coho salmon. Flavobacterium...
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