Visiting Tulalip restoration sites
The final session of the 2009 Tribal Habitat Conference consisted of a field trip to two of the Tulalip Tribes’ restoration projects. The Coho Creek restoration began in 2000, with the replacement of a...
Monthly Archive: May 2009
Tribal water quality database training
NWIFC’s SSHIAP/Water quality GIS analyst Ron McFarlane is giving a lecture to introduce a standardized database to assist tribes in transferring existing water quality data into a common format. Some of the key features...
Technical workshop: SSHIAP Hydro
This morning, Tyson Waldo, SSHIAP North Sound Area Biologist with NWIFC, is leading a technical workshop about the SSHIAP Hydro regional geodatabase. SSHIAP (Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program) Hydro is a...
Making the cultural connection
Speaking about his role as a tribal liaison for the departments of Ecology and Transportation, NWIFC’s Darrell Phare stressed the importance of taking tribal culture into consideration. We need to consistently consult with the...
Monitoring is key to successful restoration and enhancement
The afternoon speakers discussed efforts to monitor habitat projects. Lummi Nation geomorphologist Michael Maudlin spoke about monitoring large woody debris restoration on the South Fork Nooksack River. Lummi has monitored the effectiveness of its...
Tackling nearshore habitat and forest practices
After lunch, speakers from the Skagit River System Cooperative, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission discussed the nearshore environment and forest practices. Eric Beamer, research director for SRSC (the natural...
Skokomish chairman on Cushman Dam settlement
Skokomish Chairman Joseph Pavel spoke during lunch about the Cushman Dam settlement with the city of Tacoma. Read a column about the settlement on page 4 of our magazine. The tribe’s appeal to the...
Tulalip Tribes developing shoreline management plan
Tulalip Tribes environmental planner Julia Gold described the process of developing a stormwater management plan. The state’s Shoreline Master Program (first created in the 1970s) aims to prevent the inherent harm from uncoordinated and...
Terry Williams: We need a plan
Terry Williams, commissioner of fish and wildlife for the Tulalip Tribes, opened the conference with a keynote about the importance of having a plan to restore habitat and the environment. The American government has...
