"We've had success and want to build on that." The Squaxin Island Tribe and The Nature Conservancy are seeing results from a partnership to revitalize Olympia oysters—one of several such projects the tribe and others have undertaken. nwtreatytribes.org/squaxin-isla...

Participation in the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe's chinook fishery has grown. "The level of interest is great to see," said Michael Wolten, a tribal fisherman and director of the tribe’s natural resources department. nwtt.co/pg

The Mother of Restoration is carved from cedar, with images of salmon and kelp in the skirt.

Sound Transit will expand Link Light Rail and Sounder train service for an estimated 750,000 Seattle visitors in June and July.

A powwow, Indigenous sports and viewing parties—all that and much more are on the agenda as tribes in Washington state get ready to welcome visitors for the World Cup. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Ahead of the FIFA Men's World Cup tournament starting this month, 27,000 limited-edition SEA26 ORCA cards, with artwork by Alison Bremner, were produced.

Nine critically endangered red wolf pups born April 18 at our offsite facility are growing fast and thriving. ❤️🐺 These playful pups are an important part of the effort to help save one of the world’s most endangered canids.

Things are about to get real hot in Seattle again. Throughout a sunny last half of the week, temperatures will increase until we reach record-breaking levels.

Scientists are digging deep into possible alternatives to replacing 6PPD in rubber tires, a chemical that reacts with ozone and puts out the toxic agent 6PPD-Q that has been proven to kill coho salmon. www.eopugetsound.org/article/tire...

Follow these tips to say safe when driving in deer country.

Fish passage is essential to recovering salmon so we can ensure sustainable harvest into the future. Cascade PBS today featured the Tulalip Tribes' work on this issue, as showcased in the Northwest Treaty Tribes film "Passage Home." nwtt.co/pf

We’re thrilled to introduce the new and improved Rooted Futures platform, designed to illuminate pathways to careers working with natural resources. It won a Bridge-Builder Award for Equity at UW. Check it out: rootedfutures.nwifc.org/

Community members gathered Thursday near Isthmus Park to dedicate a welcoming figure carved by Squaxin Island artist Andrea Wilbur-Sigo. The figure honors the relationship between the city and tribe, and marks natural resource restoration work still to come.

The federal government has removed floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington coast — equipment that collected crucial data. "That great time series of data has suddenly ended," said Joe Schumacker, fisheries biologist for the Quinault Indian Nation. www.kuow.org/stories/ocea...

“We are excited to bring this awesome opportunity to grow the game of soccer on tribal land. It will not only be a benefit to tribal members, but everyone in Tacoma.” The Puyallup Tribe of Indians and partners teamed up to open a new soccer field in Tacoma.

If management practices don’t change, there is a real possibility western Washington mountain goats could be wiped out in the near future. A lack of snowpack and abundance of mountain lions are among the primary concerns. salish-current.org/2026/05/29/t...

If you feel like you’ve been seeing a lot of reports lately about whales dying and washing up on Washington beaches — you're not imagining it.

Respect the Rez, which follows the Lummi Nation boys basketball team’s journey to the 1B state tournament, will debut on YouTube starting June 8 and screen at the Pickford on Grand in Bellingham on June 20. @cascadiadaily.com produced the 40-minute documentary. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/31/...

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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is one step closer to having more than 1,000 acres of land put into trust for the tribe, after the land transfer bill was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Tribes in Washington state are on the cutting edge of using environmental DNA to detect chinook salmon in some of the Olympic Peninsula's least accessible streams. columbiainsight.org/dna-fingerpr...

"Our people harvest clams, oysters, sea urchin, and geoduck, but we are primarily salmon fishermen—it’s really our foundation," said Ellie Kinley, a treaty fisherwoman of the Lummi Nation. #salmonpeople #treatyrights nwtt.co/pe

On Saturday morning, Puyallup Tribe of Indians members honored the first salmon of the season. In the afternoon, they marked the grand opening of a new, 24,000-square-foot longhouse, which was immediately put to use with a longhouse naming ceremony and First Foods ceremony.

An end to commercial harvest of huckleberries has allowed Yakama tribal members to resume their treaty-protected harvest in a meaningful way. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Today is International Museum Day, a great time to consider visiting a tribal museum or cultural center near you! The Quinault, Makah, Elwha, Squaxin Island, Suquamish and Tulalip tribes are among those featured on this interactive map: www.indian-affairs.org/tmdmap.html.

A group of University of Washington and Neah Bay High School students have spent the past year sharing traditional practices and science education with each other. nwtreatytribes.org/college-high...

In a next step toward relicensing dams on the Skagit River while also supporting salmon recovery, Seattle's mayor signed a $4 billion agreement with the region's treaty tribes. "This agreement is about improving quality of life," said Scott Schuyler of the Upper Skagit Tribe. nwtt.co/pc

Restoring fish passage to spawning habitat is one of the most cost-effective ways to recover salmon runs. The Tulalip Tribes are leading the way in the Snohomish watershed. 🐟 🎥 This new film shows how that works—and why it's important to all of us. nwtreatytribes.org/passage/

The Suquamish Tribe and partners are searching for juvenile chinook salmon in Puget Sound creeks where they would not normally be found during their spring migration to the ocean. nwtreatytribes.org/discovering-...

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community plans to build and upgrade pier infrastructure to support its tribal fishing fleet and seafood processing operations.

The Quileute Tribe is using environment DNA—an emerging technique to detect species' DNA even when they're not seen or captured—to aid a river restoration project. nwtreatytribes.org/cutting-edge...

European green crab were found in the homelands of the Tulalip and Swinomish tribes last year. “Fisheries department staff knew that green crab would eventually reach our shores, but it was still disheartening,” said Talia Davis, fisheries technician for Swinomish. nwtt.co/p7

Now through September, the new Shuck Shack food truck in La Conner offers a place to enjoy tribally-harvested seafood. nwtt.co/p6

The Stillaguamish Tribe is seeing chinook in restored marsh habitat, a good sign for salmon recovery and future harvests. "I have four children and I would love to be able to see them fish out here," said Scott Boyd, deputy fisheries manager for the tribe. nwtt.co/p5

Rapidly changing ocean conditions can pose a threat to fishers. The Quinault Indian Nation, Quileute Tribe and other partners have started to deploy buoys to provide real-time data and boost safety. nwtreatytribes.org/real-time-da...

The Tulalip Tribes hosted an Earth Day Celebration on Wednesday with games such as ring toss, giveaways such as orca beans and a unified message: to protect the Earth and the species that call it home.

On Saturday, students from Wa He Lut Indian School in Olympia toured Classic Foundry in Seattle, where artists are building two 9-foot statues of treaty rights champion Billy Frank Jr. to be installed in the U.S. and state capitols later this year or early 2027.

Last week, representatives from Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission member tribes and the Puget Sound Partnership participated in the annual Puget Sound Day on the Hill, where they advocated for federal funding to recover Puget Sound. nwtreatytribes.org/tribes-advoc...

The Suquamish Tribe's Traditional Foods and Medicine Program is getting creative in finding access to traditional plants these days, as climate change has made harvesting unpredictable and threatens the tribe's cultural connections to the land. www.underscore.news/land/readjus...

“I really enjoy coming in and helping these kids,” said Bill Finkbonner, who retired from a 47-year career at Lummi Nation's Skookum Creek Hatchery. “It’s good to get them in here so they can actually see what working with fish is like.” nwtt.co/p3

Puget Sound Day on the Hill activities are underway this week in D.C., with testimony from tribal leadership reaching federal officials in meetings and in panels like "How Habitat and Clean Water Support American Seafood." 🔗 Learn more: psdoth.org/

Joined by visitors on First Beach in La Push, the Quileute Tribe held its Welcoming the Whales ceremony Friday with songs, dancing and a salmon offering for migrating gray whales.

“Very little is known about the Nooksack River population of hooligans,” said Marco Hatch, associate professor of environmental science at @wwu.edu. nwtreatytribes.org/getting-data...

Learn about Lummi Nation's effort to better understand hooligans (pictured), as well as how tribes are studying changes in salmon migration patterns, collecting ocean safety data and more in the spring magazine, available now: nwtreatytribes.org/publications...

Port Townsend high school students are using newly acquired math and science skills to support native Olympia oyster populations. nwtreatytribes.org/oyster-nurse... (Photos courtesy of the Northwest Maritime Center)

The Nooksack Indian Tribe is taking the pulse of commercial forest stands to better understand how different age classes of trees consume different amounts of water, sucking up groundwater supplies important for replenishing streams. nwtt.co/p0

Tribes are keeping an eye out for a neurodegenerative disease that can have a devastating affect on wildlife populations. nwtreatytribes.org/wildlife-sta...

We can’t allow politics or greed to undermine our work to protect the forested areas that make our state a special place to live. nwtreatytribes.org/being-frank-...

Starting today, you can watch FISH WAR online for free. The free streaming service Tubi has added the feature-length documentary, which explores the battles over treaty rights in Washington state and the towering court case born from those clashes. #treatyrights tubitv.com/movies/10005...

The findings of the latest State of Our Watersheds Report remain grim, notes NWIFC Chairman Ed Johnstone. “Our current situation is not good; our waters, our lands, our resources are all suffering." insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202...