Paul Williams, Suquamish Tribe – Shellfish management policy advisor Ocean Acidification is the decrease of the pH in the ocean caused by increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Williams explains a little history of...
Martin Fox – Muckleshoot Tribe – Monitoring sediment in streams The tribe monitored fine sediment in the middle Green River to determine if it was impacting chinook salmon egg survival, as the tribe had...
He is looking at environmental health impacts from toxic runoff – what are they, how can they be effectively minimized and are ongoing efforts reducing impacts? His group of scientists work on pollution you...
Tulalip Tribes’ Terry Williams talked about the marine food chain and climate change. The Pacific Salmon Commission started looking at climate change and one of the indicators was the loss and survival of species....
Rory O’Rourke presented on the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s effort to clean up Port Gamble Bay. The tribe’s goal is to clean up the bay that has been polluted by the old timber mill,...
Notes from: NWIFC Chairman Billy Frank Jr. on the tribal initiative, Treaty Rights at Risk. Treaty Rights at Risk – we went to Obama and we went to the CDQ, the ones who work...
Welcome to the 2013 Tribal Habitat Conference! Throughout the day, we’ll be live blogging from the conference, held at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s Heritage Center in downtown Port Angeles. Speakers from a variety...
