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Previous Issues
Salmon
January 2023
Salmon and Orca Recovery Grants Awarded
The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board recently approved nearly $18 million in grants for four large restoration projects around the state. The grants will restore land along rivers in Kittitas and Okanogan Counties, conserve habitat next to a refuge … Continue reading
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January 2023
Wash. Gets $39.8 Million to Remove Fish Barriers, Restore Salmon Habitat
Senators Cantwell, Murray celebrate NOAA grants aimed at boosting salmon and orca populations — including $456,206 for fish passage barrier planning around Whatcom County In December, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the agency will award $39,819,704 … Continue reading
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December 2022
Salmon Farms’ Leases Cancelled
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has ended the remaining two finfish net pen aquaculture leases on Washington’s state-owned aquatic lands. DNR officials informed Cooke Aquaculture that the agency will not renew expired leases for the two remaining … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2021
State Awards Grants to Aid Salmon Recovery
The grants went to 105 projects in 29 of the state’s 39 counties. The grants will pay for work to restore salmon habitat. Lummi Nation Grant Awarded: $100,000 The Lummi Nation will use this grant to study the feasibility and develop … Continue reading
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August 2021
Strong Run of Spring Chinook Salmon Predicted
by Alex Morris No word yet on actual numbers … To an outsider, the simple trailer sitting outside the Whatcom Creek hatchery in Maritime Heritage Park may not seem like much. Yet, inside, the renewal of the iconic Pacific Northwest … Continue reading
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September 2020
State Receives More Than $11 Million in Federal Grants to Benefit Southern Resident Killer Whale and Chinook Recovery
The Washington state Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) today announced the award of more than $11 million in grants to 11 Chinook salmon habitat and hatchery projects from a new grant program under the Pacific Salmon Treaty. NOAA Fisheries is … Continue reading
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April 2020
Housing Policy is … Salmon Policy?
by David Goldberg How state laws permitting more homes could ease two crises at once. Across the Pacific Northwest, urban sprawl is decimating salmon habitat. Fish scientists who study the effects of urbanization on salmon, steelhead and orcas are unanimous: … Continue reading
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December 2018
Could Anchovies and Other Fish Take Pressure Off Salmon and Steelhead?
by Christopher Dunagan Part 3 Editor’s Note: This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. An intensive research program in the United States and Canada is studying why so few salmon in the Salish Sea are returning … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Size Means Survival for Young Salmon
by Christopher Dunagan Part 2 This series was originally published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. An intensive research program in the United States and Canada is studying why so few salmon in the Salish Sea are returning home to … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Volunteers Celebrate World Fish Migration Day
by Amy Johnson Volunteers with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) celebrated Earth Day and World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) with NSEA on April 21. One hundred and eighty stalwart volunteers came to NSEA’s campus to make a difference in the … Continue reading
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