This Friday, oral arguments will be heard in Squaxin Island Tribe v. Gregoire, a lawsuit the tribe filed last year to protect Johns Creek. For years the tribe has been urging the state to do the right thing and halt new well drilling in the Johns Creek basin. Last year, the tribe asked the governor [...]
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Oral arguments in Squaxin Island Tribe v. Gregoire this Friday
January 31st, 2011 by jkonovsky · Comments Off
Tags: Salmon · Water Quality
Squaxin-WDFW Spawning Chinook at Tumwater Falls Hatchery
October 6th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Over the last few weeks WDFW and Squaxin Island Natural Resources staff have been busy spawning hatchery Fall Chinook returning to the Tumwater Falls Hatchery. Pictures from Wednesday October 6th, 2010 spawning. Video Clip Approximately 3,000 adult Chinook (1,500 females/1,500 males) are needed to return to the hatchery for spawning to continue the program. Eggs [...]
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Video of beach seine research demonstration at Priest Point Park
July 22nd, 2010 by eoconnell · Comments Off
Benefits to Salmonids of Dam Removal
June 3rd, 2010 by jkonovsky · Comments Off
Gary Chittim from Seattle’s King 5 TV wonders if the increased coho smolt production documented in Goldsborough Creek after removal of a small dam in 2001 will be also be achieved with the salmonids in the Elwha River when much larger dams are removed in the near future… See: http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Shelton-Area-Creek-Provides-Preview-to-Elwha-Dam-Removal–95454479.html
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Squaxin Net Pen Coho Smolt Released
May 28th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Over the last couple of weeks Squaxin Island Natural Resources have released approximately 1.8 million coho smolt from the Net Pen facility located in Peale Passage. “Our hope is these coho live a healthy life through out their journey through the Puget Sound into the ocean and return back as 8 lbs adults for the [...]
Day House Photo Update May 26th
May 26th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
New Net Pen Day House Construction Underway
May 21st, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Construction of the new day house for the net pens is underway. The first step before building the house was to assemble the new pontoons that we purchased from Ferguson Plastics. Over the next couple of months we will update with pictures of the construction of the day house.
Squaxin Island Tribe to Use Grant to Protect and Restore Goldsborough Creek
April 27th, 2010 by jkonovsky · Comments Off
GOLDSBOROUGH DAM SITE IN 2006 SHELTON – The Squaxin Island Tribe will use a nearly $1 million federal grant to further restore Goldsborough Creek, one of the largest and most important salmon streams in deep South Sound. “This grant gives us the ability to address the health of Goldsborough Creek on several fronts,” said John [...]
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Spring Storm Makes Mess of Smolt Traps
April 1st, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
April 1st- Smolt Trap Update: Yesterday we were able to get the traps fishing again only to let the blow out panels lose today. With another big spring storm scheduled to hit Western Washington early Friday morning, we are preparing for the worst and want to save Skookum and Cranberry traps from complete destruction. The [...]
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Squaxin NR Installing Smolt Traps
March 24th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
The Squaxin Island Natural Resources began installing smolt traps in five local streams this week. This will be the eleventh year the Tribe has been doing smolt trap studies. Monday, March 22nd a rotary screw trap was installed on Goldsborough Creek and a weir panel trap was installed on Skookum Creek, Tuesday March 24th. Over [...]
Tags: Salmon