The grants went to 105 projects in 29 of the state's 39 counties. The grants will pay for work to restore salmon habitat. Lummi Nation Grant Awarded: $100,000 The Lummi Nation will use this grant to study the feasibility and develop conceptual designs for a restoration project on the South Fork [Read More...]
Juvenile Chinook salmon in a net at Whatcom Creek hatchery on May 16, 2021. The salmon were raised from eggs by students from Bellingham Technical College. This is an example of the efforts by the college and the Lummi Nation to enhance dwindling salmon stocks.Photo by Sadie Fick, The [Read More...]
Orca spyhops out of water near Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve. photo: Washington State Department of Natural Resources [Read More...]
by David Goldberg How state laws permitting more homes could ease two crises at once. Across the Pacific Northwest, urban sprawl is decimating salmon habitat. Fish scientists who study the effects of urbanization on salmon, steelhead and orcas are unanimous: To save these iconic and vital species we must prevent [Read More...]
Juvenile chinook in the Elwha River. photo: John R. McMillan NOAA/NWFSC by Christopher Dunagan Part 3 Editor’s Note: This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. An intensive research program in the United [Read More...]
by Christopher Dunagan Part 2 This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. An intensive research program in the United States and Canada is studying why so few salmon in the Salish Sea are returning home to spawn. Studies by more than 200 scientists on both sides [Read More...]
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association Earth Day Volunteers at a potting station. Photo: NSEA Staff by Amy Johnson Volunteers with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) celebrated Earth Day and World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) with NSEA on April 21. One [Read More...]
by Amanda McKay The life cycle of the salmon is one to be admired: a consistent rotation of spawning, hatching, feeding, migration and the ultimate end-of-life sacrifice. With its cold, clear waters, Skookum Creek has the potential to provide salmon with the ideal habitat to live out the most important [Read More...]
Editor’s Note: This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. by Christopher Dunagan An intensive research program in the U.S. and Canada is studying why so few salmon in the Salish Sea are returning home to spawn. Studies by more than 200 scientists on both sides of [Read More...]
New walking and bike paths weave alongside and across the stream all the way from the lake source to the bay. Photo: Ron Kleinknecht Editor’s note: This article was originally published Jan. 27, 2016, on the Daily Kos (www.dailykos. com). It has been edited slightly to include [Read More...]