Northwest Treaty Tribes

Protecting Natural Resources for Everyone. Northwest Treaty Tribes is a news service of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

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The fourth Rise Up Northwest (RUN) conference was an inspiring affair last week, with a speech from Lily Gladstone capping off discussions about how dams, data centers and other development proposals impede and threaten salmon recovery efforts in the Northwest.

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By recording bird calls, tribal scientists and partners hope to better understand how birds, indicators of ecosystem health, are using restored habitats.

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ArtsWA grants will help boost tribal culture, including a plan to revive the Quileute Tribe's language.

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Other estuaries across the country have navigated wastewater management challenges similar to what Puget Sound is experiencing. Tribes are leading the way to find solutions. #pugetsound #salmonrecovery #waterislife

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Not much is known about the juvenile stage of a Dungeness crab's lifecycle, so Point No Point Treaty Council scientists are sorting through sediment and seaweed to gather data on the tiny critters.

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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is waiting for the federal administration to approve the transfer of 1,100 acres of federal lands back to the tribe, lands that include the tribe's creation site, plus old fishing grounds and village sites.

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Quinault Indian Nation and Hoh Tribe fisheries staff liquefy portions of sand on Kalaloch Beach for Quinault's annual razor clam survey this year. Staff count and measure any clams that float to the surface, the process used to calculate the clam season's total allowable catch.

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The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe has serious concerns about the loss of funding for the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, which supports long-term valuable data sets that the tribe has been building for a decade.

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Salmon swimming upstream in the Dungeness River this summer and fall were able to get through normally troublesome areas with help of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and partners improving the habitat.

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The Swinomish and Squaxin Island tribes are fighting a new federal interpretation of the word “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. The change will have devastating impacts on the recovery of imperiled species like Pacific Northwest salmon.

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The Quinault Indian Nation is examining the impact of invasive European green crab on native Dungeness crab populations. The study could carry important implications for crab fisheries. #treatyrights

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The Suquamish Tribe and Puget Sound Restoration Fund are trying different outplanting techniques for cockles, growing them in PVC tubes similar to how shellfish farmers in Puget Sound raise geoduck.

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The Stillaguamish Tribe last week breached a section of river to open habitat for salmon and restore natural floodplain processes for the long-term health of the ecosystem.

#salmonrecovery

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A Skokomish tribal member shares his career path toward natural resources, starting with the military as a Chinook helicopter mechanic, then finding an interest in environmental science after exercising his treaty rights as a salmon fisherman.

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The tribes are grateful for the legislators and agencies supporting efforts to better manage seal and sea lion populations that threaten salmon recovery. #treatyrights #salmonrecovery #pinnipedpredation

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Funding is at risk for the Tulalip Tribes' years-long study on juvenile salmon marine survival—a crucial stage that helps predict whether those salmon will return to their home rivers to spawn.

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If we want to recover salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act, we must consider the ecosystem imbalance caused by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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A canoe landing and tribal songs and dances were part of the Seattle waterfront on Saturday as the 34th annual Salmon Homecoming celebrated Indigenous culture.

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This marks the sixth year in a row that chinook have died in large number before spawning in the South Fork Nooksack River, where warm water and pathogens are a deadly mix for fish.

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Canoe families are expected to take part in the 34th annual Salmon Homecoming on Saturday at Pier 58 and 62 on the Seattle waterfront, an event that brings together tribal songs, dances and vendors

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