Apex predator threatening Northwest salmon sparks rare bipartisan push to 'kill more'

Bipartisan lawmakers find common ground in the middle of partisan divides as sea lions threaten Washington salmon populations ...
Yahoo

27 Pacific Northwest Tribes Receive $54 Million for Salmon Restoration

Pacific Northwest hatcheries that produce Pacific salmon and steelhead just received a $240 million boon, thanks to Thurday’s announcement from the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce. The ...
KOIN 6

‘Salmon more than commodity’ to Native Americans

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KOIN) — Cascade Locks is arguably the most popular and best-known place for people to stop in and buy fresh fish. But it’s only one of many spots throughout the region. Mersaedy ...
OPB

‘It just tastes like time’: Salmon are a sacred relative to the Nisqually tribe and Native Americans across the Northwest

On a tall bluff that overlooks the south Puget Sound in one direction and sparkling headlights on Interstate 5 in another, members of the Nisqually Indian Tribe are gathering for a Winter Moon ...
komonews

US promises $240M to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest

A fierce blaze erupted in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood Friday evening, engulfing a two-story house and prompting a massive firefighting response. Change is here for millions of Americans as federal ...
The Spokesman-Review

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Solicitor Bob Anderson: Pacific Northwest tribes are key to restoring salmon in the Columbia River Basin

The Columbia River Basin once supported the largest salmon runs on earth. Today, the future of salmon hangs in the balance. As Native leaders, we recognize the importance of Indigenous knowledge to ...
Yahoo

Washington’s struggle: How far-too-slow salmon recovery impacts Orcas like Tahlequah | Opinion

Salmon spawning in the Deschutes River in September 2024. In 2018, the Southern Resident Killer Whale named Tahlequah gave birth to a female calf that sadly died shortly thereafter. In her grief, she ...
Oregonian

Readers respond: Bentz could help native salmon

We’re at a turning point in the Pacific Northwest regarding our native salmon. We either act soon to save them or they will be gone. According to many scientists, the best answer is to provide them ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Move over, salmon: There’s a new top fish of the Northwest’s Columbia River

BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River, Wash. — There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest’s mightiest river by the millions. Shad, ...
Houston Public Media

Under a 'grandma moon,' Native Americans honor their sacred pact with salmon

Elizabeth Van Tiem and Tobin "Sugar" Frank haul in their first catch of the day at Franks Landing on the Nisqually River during the summer chinook, or king, salmon run. Van Tiem, a youth coordinator ...
KOIN 6

Salmon is ‘candy to Natives’ in Pacific Northwest

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When you think of salmon, you probably don’t think of candy. But you should. Salmon “is like candy to Natives,” said Christina White, the co-owner of Native Candy. She and her ...
komonews

U.S. government acknowledges Northwest dams harm on Native tribes

President Donald Trump announces a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry. by Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first ...