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Suquamish Tribe’s Doe Kag Wats Healing a Decade Later

On a blustery and wet evening in December 2003, nearly 5,000 gallons of oil came ashore on the natural beachfront known as Doe Kag Wats to the Suquamish people. Now that a decade of healing has passed,...

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Video: Jamestown S’Klallam, landowner improve salmon habitat with bridge

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe worked with a local landowner in Sequim, WA to remove a 600-foot long roadway and two culverts and replace them with a bridge in Washington Harbor. The roadway and...

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Tulalip partners on estuary restoration nearing completion

Completion is in sight for the Qwuloolt project, one of the largest estuary restorations in the country. Restoring tidal flow to the 400-acre estuary is a partnership among the Tulalip Tribes, U.S....

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Native Vegetation Filling in Restored Skokomish Estuary

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...

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Skokomish Tribe starting largest phase of estuary restoration

The latest phase of the Skokomish Estuary restoration effort is the largest to date: 600 acres of forested wetlands are going to be reconnected to 400 acres of Skokomish tidelands. “The main goal of...

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Stillaguamish Tribe monitors fish use before and after dike removal

The Stillaguamish Tribe’s natural resources department is monitoring fish use of the Port Susan estuary before and after a 150-acre restoration project. The tribe was contracted by The Nature...

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Skokomish Tribe studying stomach contents of juvenile salmon

The Skokomish Tribe is studying the diet of juvenile salmon that have taken up residence in the nearly 400-acres of newly restored Skokomish tidelands in southern Hood Canal. After gently flushing out...

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Lummi restoration project receives more funding

The Bellingham Herald: An ongoing effort to improve salmon habitat in the lower Nooksack floodplain received another round of federal funding, the state Department of Ecology announced recently. Phase...

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Tulalip estuary project moves forward

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given a final go-ahead to the Tulalip Tribes’ project to remove dikes and tide gates to allow salt water from Possession Sound to mingle with fresh water from Ebey...

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Suquamish Tribe’s Doe Kag Wats Healing a Decade Later

On a blustery and wet evening in December 2003, nearly 5,000 gallons of oil came ashore on the natural beachfront known as Doe Kag Wats to the Suquamish people. Now that a decade of healing has passed,...

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Video: Jamestown S’Klallam, landowner improve salmon habitat with bridge

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe worked with a local landowner in Sequim, WA to remove a 600-foot long roadway and two culverts and replace them with a bridge in Washington Harbor. The roadway and...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Tulalip partners on estuary restoration nearing completion

Completion is in sight for the Qwuloolt project, one of the largest estuary restorations in the country. Restoring tidal flow to the 400-acre estuary is a partnership among the Tulalip Tribes, U.S....

View Article

Native Vegetation Filling in Restored Skokomish Estuary

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...

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Skokomish Tribe starting largest phase of estuary restoration

The latest phase of the Skokomish Estuary restoration effort is the largest to date: 600 acres of forested wetlands are going to be reconnected to 400 acres of Skokomish tidelands. “The main goal of...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Stillaguamish Tribe monitors fish use before and after dike removal

The Stillaguamish Tribe’s natural resources department is monitoring fish use of the Port Susan estuary before and after a 150-acre restoration project. The tribe was contracted by The Nature...

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Skokomish Tribe studying stomach contents of juvenile salmon

The Skokomish Tribe is studying the diet of juvenile salmon that have taken up residence in the nearly 400-acres of newly restored Skokomish tidelands in southern Hood Canal. After gently flushing out...

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Lummi restoration project receives more funding

The Bellingham Herald: An ongoing effort to improve salmon habitat in the lower Nooksack floodplain received another round of federal funding, the state Department of Ecology announced recently. Phase...

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Tulalip estuary project moves forward

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given a final go-ahead to the Tulalip Tribes’ project to remove dikes and tide gates to allow salt water from Possession Sound to mingle with fresh water from Ebey...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Suquamish Tribe’s Doe Kag Wats Healing a Decade Later

On a blustery and wet evening in December 2003, nearly 5,000 gallons of oil came ashore on the natural beachfront known as Doe Kag Wats to the Suquamish people. Now that a decade of healing has passed,...

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Video: Jamestown S’Klallam, landowner improve salmon habitat with bridge

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe worked with a local landowner in Sequim, WA to remove a 600-foot long roadway and two culverts and replace them with a bridge in Washington Harbor. The roadway and...

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