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Video: Swinomish Tribe, state parks celebrate Kiket Island
In June 2010, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission bought Kiket Island to co-manage as a state park. On July 30, 2010, representatives from the...
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Fraser River sockeye salmon returns among highest recorded
Treaty tribes in western Washington are having a bountiful Fraser River sockeye fishery this season, with at least three times the number of fish returning as expected. More than 30 million sockeye are...
View ArticleSkagit Valley Herald: Swinomish score big in record Fraser sockeye run
The Skagit Valley Herald reports on the record Fraser River sockeye returns and the importance to the Swinomish Tribe: This year’s Fraser River sockeye salmon run is shaping up to be a historic one,...
View ArticleSwinomish Climate Change Initiative featured on environmental website
The Institute for Environmental Professionals featured the Swinomish Tribe’s Climate Change Initiative on its website, crediting the tribe with being “At the Forefront of Planning for Climate Change”:...
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Tribes work together to provide salmon for families
Chum salmon is canned at the Swinomish Fish Co.Salmon always has played an important part in tribal diets in western Washington. These days, with a disproportionate number of tribal members suffering...
View ArticleCanoes to land at Swinomish July 25
Canoe families already are on their way to Swinomish for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey. A landing schedule and map can be found on the Paddle to Swinomish 2011 website. According to the official...
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Canoes arrive today in Swinomish
Gov. Gregoire paddles in the Salmon Dancer alongside Chairman Brian Cladoosby, left, and his father Mike Cladoosby. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire arrived on the shores of the Swinomish reservation...
View ArticlePhotos and video of Swinomish pink fishery
Swinomish tribal members beach seined for pink salmon last weekend at Lone Tree Point. A guest at the Thousand Trails campground on the reservation took some photos and video, which were posted on the...
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Swinomish Tribe cleaning up contaminated area near the mouth of Padilla Bay
Non-functioning creosote debris in marine waters is considered a contaminant. The Swinomish Tribe plans to remove about 100 creosote pilings near the mouth of Padilla Bay. The Swinomish Tribe is...
View ArticleState to adjust fish consumption standards
State environmental regulators have proposed increasing the fish consumption rate used to determine water quality safety standards. The state’s current rate of 6.5 grams a day was set in the mid-1980s,...
View ArticleSwinomish Tribe clarifies Skagit County’s allegations about basin closure
Skagit County recently sent a letter to landowners and has held meetings blaming tribes and the salmon recovery effort for development closures in the Fisher, Carpenter and Nookachamps basins. In...
View ArticleHuffington Post covers inadequate fish consumption rate
The Huffington Post has a story about Washington state’s fish consumption rate, which is used to set water quality standards. The state is using an outdated rate that doesn’t reflect how much seafood...
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Swinomish Tribe keeps an eye on water rights issue
Years of agriculture, development and other human activity have led to declines in salmon runs throughout Puget Sound. One reason is that these activities lead to a reduction in the stream flows needed...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups support Swinomish in water rights dispute
Earthjustice and the Center for Environmental Law and Policy filed a friends of the court brief today with the Washington State Court of Appeals supporting the Swinomish Tribe’s effort to protect the...
View ArticleSwinomish receives funding for Kukutali Preserve
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced grant funding for tribal wildlife conservation projects, including the Swinomish Tribe’s management of Kukutali Preserve, also known as Kiket Island. From...
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Tribes restore fish access to estuary near Swinomish Reservation
Similk Bay Road before excavation. Photo: Nora Kammer, SRSC Fish access and tidal flow were restored in March to a high-priority pocket estuary near the Swinomish reservation. The Skagit River System...
View ArticleEarthjustice defends Swinomish appeal in Skagit water rights dispute
Earthjustice posted a column that explains the Swinomish Tribe’s appeal of the state Department of Ecology’s actions in the Skagit River water rights dispute: Washington state’s Swinomish tribe faces a...
View ArticlePBS NewsHour features Swinomish Climate Change Initiative and Billy Frank Jr.
Tonight’s broadcast of PBS NewsHour is scheduled to feature the Swinomish Tribe’s Climate Change Initiative and an interview with NWIFC Chairman Billy Frank Jr: Rising water temperatures don’t bode...
View ArticleEarthFix runs story about effects of climate change on tribes
KCTS9 EarthFix will be running a segment about the effects of climate change on Northwest tribes starting next week. The story is available online now. “Without everything that’s alive, the treaties...
View ArticleState Supreme Court rules in Swinomish Tribe’s favor in water dispute
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in the Swinomish Tribe’s favor on Oct. 3, in a challenge to the Skagit River instream flow rule amendments adopted in 2006 by the Washington Department of...
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