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The canoes have come ashore in the traditional lands of the Nisqually Indian Tribe, and the Medicine Creek Potlatch Journey continues. You can watch participating tribes' songs and dances during protocol here. #canoejourney www.youtube.com/playlist
2026 Canoe Journey
Join us as we celebrate and share culture with Canoe Families and other indigenous peoples from across the world.
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The Nisqually Indian Tribe welcomed more than 100 canoe families Friday at Sequalitchew Creek Beach in DuPont. The annual journey typically draws canoes paddled by and representing Indigenous people from he Pacific Northwest and beyond. #canoejourney #treatyrights #paddletonisqually
Our snowy owl, Torrey, enjoyed a refreshing bird bath from the hose, one of the many enrichment activities that help keep her comfortable and engaged on warmer days. Judging by those fluffy feathers, we'd say she approved! ✨ 📹: Keeper Wendi
More coverage of the discovery by Skagit River tribes that beavers can be found in tidal marshes. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/27/...
‘Tidal beaver believers’ say the normally freshwater rodents are in marshlands, too | Cascadia Daily News
Recent work suggests beavers ubiquitous in Skagit, Snohomish river deltas
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The Suquamish Tribe hosted approximately 70 canoes and their canoe families this week during this year's 2026 Tribal Canoe Journey. The final landing at Nisqually will be this Friday, July 31.
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and Clallam County Marine Resources Committee have seen success over the past decade from their partnership to restore the Olympia oyster population in Sequim Bay. nwtreatytribes.org/restoration-...
Olympic Peninsula tribal scientists and partners want to know if I-5 is preventing regional elk herds from breeding and keeping populations from flourishing throughout western Washington. nwtreatytribes.org/dna-project-...
DNA project assesses elk population health - Northwest Treaty Tribes
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and partners at Panthera and five other Olympic Peninsula tribes are trying to understand whether…
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We can’t protect both marine mammals and endangered species when seals and sea lions are the threat to endangered salmon. Read more about why the tribes support legislation to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act nwtreatytribes.org/being-frank-...
Being Frank: Amending MMPA is essential to protect salmon from pinniped predators - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
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It's going to be a hot one today. Let's all stay hydrated and do our best not to burn the state down. Everyone plays a role in preventing roadside brush fires and larger wildfires. Small, everyday actions can make a big difference.
The Seattle Mariners begin the 2027 season with the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day at T-Mobile Park next March 25.
Mariners announce 2027 schedule. Opening Day returns to T-Mobile Park
The Seattle Mariners begin the 2027 season with the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day at T-Mobile Park next March 25.
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Get up close with marine life on public days at a teaching lab that's also an aquarium showcasing life in the Puget Sound. Here's how to find MaST Center Aquarium.
Marine biology lab opens its aquarium for free visits
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Announcing our new behind-the-scenes experience: Above The Reef! 🐠🪸 Go behind the scenes of the Ocean Pavilion’s largest habitat for a unique look at how we care for sharks, rays, eels and more. 🦈 Learn more and book your spot: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/visit/behind-the-scenes-tours/
By oil paint, paper mosaic and tattoos, Seattle artists have found an adorable muse in Jimothy the raccoon, as a sudden everyman folk figure.
Jimothy’s odyssey inspires a burst of Seattle pop art, tattoos and more
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Beavers are unsung ecosystem engineers in the Pacific Northwest's tidal wetlands. Tribes are leading the research into how beaver activity can benefit salmon habitat. #treatyrights #salmonhabitat news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Beavers flourish in tidal habitats in the Pacific Northwest, study finds
Beavers are far more common in Pacific Northwest estuaries than previously understood, new research highlights their role as ecosystem engineers.
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The Suquamish and Squaxin Island tribes and Maritime Washington celebrated the release of the Tribal Guide to Maritime Washington website, a resource that invites visitors to learn more about Pacific Northwest tribes, with weaving, shellfish and language demos. maritimewa.org/tribal-guide
Calling all tribal members studying natural resources! The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation is seeking applicants for its scholarship program. kurtgrinnellscholarship.org/scholarship-...
Scholarship - Application • Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation
The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation (KGASF) provides scholarships to enrolled members of U.S. federally recognized Tribes and members of First Nations recognized by Canada.
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The Swinomish and Squaxin Island tribes are challenging a ruling from the federal government that makes it legal to kill and injure ESA-listed species by degrading and destroying habitat. www.kuow.org/environment/...
Washington tribes sue to save endangered species habitats nationwide
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and the Squaxin Island Tribe are suing the Trump administration to save endangered-species habitats nationwide.
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The higher the water temperature, the harder it is for salmon to survive. So the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe is testing temperature thresholds for 2,000 juvenile chum salmon. nwtreatytribes.org/tribe-tests-...
☀️ Our Summer 2026 Northwest Treaty Tribes magazine is out! 📖 Inside the magazine: Successful eelgrass and Olympia oyster restoration, a learning exchange with University students, how eDNA is helping to monitor the success of habitat restoration ... and more! nwtreatytribes.org/publications...
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and state co-managers have observed a worrying increase of northern pike — a voracious predator of salmon — in Lake Washington. nwtreatytribes.org/northern-pik...
Northern pike a potential threat in Lake Washington - Northwest Treaty Tribes
A voracious, invasive fish that preys on salmon has seen its numbers grow in Lake Washington. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe staff…
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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory finished installing more than 43,000 eelgrass shoots in Port Angeles Harbor this spring, supporting habitat for juvenile salmon and other marine life in the bay. nwtreatytribes.org/eelgrass-tra...
The Makah Tribe, Olympic National Park and the Coast Salmon Partnership are embarking on their 5th year of helping restore habitat for Lake Ozette sockeye salmon with volunteer work parties July 13-15. See flier for details and to sign up.
The Suquamish and Squaxin Island tribes have helped Maritime Washington create a "Tribal Guide to Maritime Washington," a way to learn about the tribes who have been living on the Salish Sea for time immemorial. Launch parties will be July 9 & July 16. maritimewa.org/news/launch-...
Launch Party for the Tribal Guide to Maritime Washington: Suquamish Tribe - Maritime Washington
June 9 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Join Maritime Washington and the Suquamish Tribe for an evening on the Seattle waterfront to celebrate the launch of the Tribal Guide to Maritime Washington!
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The Stillaguamish Tribe continues to make news for its work to restore habitat for salmon www.kiro7.com/news/local/r...
Restoring culture, salmon & the economy: Stillaguamish Tribe transforms its namesake river
The Stillaguamish Tribe is undertaking a multimillion-dollar effort to restore the river named for its people.
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Members of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians gathered to honor the first salmon of the season and mark the opening of a new longhouse — the tribe's first new traditional gathering space in more than 170 years. nwtreatytribes.org/puyallup-tri...
Puyallup Tribe honors the first fish — and opens a new longhouse - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Members of The Puyallup Tribe of Indians gathered this spring to continue a tradition and celebrate a milestone. Tribal members…
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The Suquamish Tribe and U.S. Navy have signed an agreement that includes protecting the tribe's treaty rights during construction projects at Bremerton's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
How a massive drydock project is improving relations between a WA tribe and the Navy
The tribe and the Navy came together to hammer out an understanding before the military builds a new drydock in Kitsap County.
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The Nooksack and Lummi tribes are key partners in a salmon education program that brings elementary school students to the beach for a field science experience in the spring. nwtreatytribes.org/nooksack-lum...
Nooksack, Lummi key partners in salmon education program - Northwest Treaty Tribes
North Sound tribal members joined groups of Bellingham fourth graders this spring as they visited a local beach to study…
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The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is evaluating the molting periods of Dungeness crab, after finding crab that still had soft shells during the harvest opening. nwtreatytribes.org/dungeness-cr...
The Stillaguamish Tribe's estuary restoration is making a difference for salmon. nwtt.co/pk
Ongoing monitoring shows success of estuary restoration - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Where the Stillaguamish River melds with Port Susan Bay, monitoring continues to show that estuary restoration is working, providing refuge…
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The treaty right to harvest salmon is not up for debate. nwtreatytribes.org/being-frank-...
Being Frank: Ocean fisheries are not a threat to salmon recovery - Northwest Treaty Tribes
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
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