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Indian tribes have always lived on every watershed in western Washington. From time immemorial, tribal communities have centered on the natural resources of the region. Today, as co-managers of the area’s natural resources, tribes work hard to preserve, protect and restore salmon, shellfish, wildlife and forests.
To the tribes all natural resources – and the people who depend on them – are connected. The tribes strongly believe that only through working together can we sustain our natural resources.
Tribes across western Washington have been working for decades to restore wild salmon stocks. Tribes have repaired important salmon habitat, significantly reduced harvest, and improved hatchery practices to protect salmon. Despite these efforts, quality salmon habitat is being lost at an alarming rate. Lost and degraded habitat remains the root cause for declining wild salmon stocks. Tribes are fixing fish-blocking culverts, adding wood to streams to create salmon habitat, and removing invasive species that are harmful to salmon.
Salmon, just like people, need clean water to survive. As population has exploded in western Washington during the past few decades, it has brought an increased demand for limited water resources and more pollution. Tribes protect water quality through monitoring and clean up efforts across the region.
The forests of western Washington are the birthplace of the salmon resource. Responsible forest management is key to protecting future generations of salmon. The tribes are working with the federal and state governments, the forest products industry, and others to ensure timber harvests don’t harm salmon. Tribes are monitoring forest practices, ensuring protection of cultural sites and conducting research to improve forests practices for the benefit of salmon.
Increased shoreline development and pollution threaten shellfish in western Washington. Tribes are bringing once widespread shellfish species back from the brink of extinction and are protecting what shellfish resources we have left. Tribes are conducting population surveys, seeding shellfish beds, and monitoring water quality to ensure a safe product.
Elk, deer, waterfowl and other wildlife species have always been an important source of food for tribal communities. As the quality and quantity of wildlife habitat shrinks at an ever increasing rate, tribes protect and enhance the herds that have sustained them for centuries. Tribes are restoring mountain goat populations, enhancing elk herds and fighting wildlife diseases.
Six Things You Can Do To Help Salmon
1. Do the little things to conserve water, such as fix those leaky faucets and toilets. Sweep your driveway or sidewalk instead of hosing it down. When you buy a new washing machine, buy a front-loader. When you buy a new toilet, buy a low-flow model. Both use less water.
2. Recycle used motor oil and fix oil leaks.
3. Instead of washing your car at home, take it to a commercial car wash where soapy water drains to a sanitary sewer, not a storm drain. Many commercial car washes also save water by recycling the rinse water. If you must wash your car at home, use a mild dishwashing liquid and park your car on the grass so the soapy water will be absorbed by vegetation rather than running into a storm drain. Conserve water by using a spray nozzle that shuts off.
4. Dispose of pet waste properly and fence larger animals away from streams.
5. If your home is on a septic system, have your tank inspected annually to make sure there are no developing problems. Get your tank pumped every three to five years to reduce the chance of solids flowing into and clogging the drain field. Use phosphate-free detergents and limit use of bleach.
6. Plant a tree. Near a stream or anywhere else, trees help control and slow runoff.
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