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Previous Issues
Being Frank
August 2020
Covid Impacts Tribal Natural Resources Management Traditions
by Lorraine Loomis Like communities across Washington, treaty Indian tribes are coping with what we all hope are the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted every part of our daily lives, economies and traditions. High rates of … Continue reading
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July 2020
A Bold Move on Salmon Habitat
by Lorraine Loomis The greatest obstacle to salmon recovery in western Washington is that we continue to lose salmon habitat faster than it can be fixed and protected. Until that changes, salmon populations will continue to decline. That’s why we … Continue reading
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June 2020
Pollution-Based Economy Cannot Be Sustained
by Lorraine Loomis On April 16, as the coronavirus attacked communities across Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is rolling back our water quality standards that are the most protective of human health in the country. … Continue reading
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June 2020
Fixing Habitat Key to Salmon Recovery
by Lorraine Loomis Until we take real action to protect and restore salmon habitat, we are looking toward a future with more tightly restricted fisheries for everyone. That’s the lesson after treaty tribal and state fisheries managers reached agreement last … Continue reading
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May 2020
Cooperation Key to Containing Green Crab Invasion
by Lorraine Loomis Treaty tribes are encouraged by cooperative efforts with federal and state natural resources managers and others to monitor and stem the invasion of European green crab across western Washington. We depend on fish and shellfish for our … Continue reading
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April 2020
Time to Outlaw Suction Dredge Mining
by Lorraine Loomis Treaty tribes are encouraged that the Washington State Legislature may finally put an end to the destructive practice of suction dredge mining, for the protection of threatened salmon and their habitat as well as southern resident orcas … Continue reading
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March 2020
Groundfish Management Shows Way to Recovery
by Lorraine Loomis Twenty years ago, West Coast groundfish stocks such as sole and rockfish were in serious trouble. Decades of overfishing had brought their populations to the cliff edge of collapse. In 2000 federal managers declared a fishery disaster … Continue reading
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February 2020
We Must Demand a Healthy Puget Sound
by Lorraine Loomis It would be easy to blame the Puget Sound Partnership’s failure to clean up Puget Sound on a lack of leadership, funding and meaningful authority to control pollution, but the truth is that we are all to … Continue reading
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January 2020
Leadership, Cooperation, Commitment Will Recover Salmon
by Lorraine Loomis Treaty Indian tribes in western Washington are greatly encouraged by Gov. Jay Inslee’s recent commitment to challenge the status quo and take steps needed for salmon recovery. It happened last month at the annual Centennial Accord meeting. … Continue reading
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December 2019
Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Coalition a Return to Cooperation
by Lorraine Loomis The Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Coalition is looking forward to another year of working together to accomplish responsible management through responsible leadership. We formed the coalition of tribal, state and local policy leaders, sport and commercial fishermen, … Continue reading
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