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Grizzlies once roamed the Cascades; some people want them to return columbian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
STETATTLE CREEK, North Cascades — Bubbles tumbled and danced on the surface of this creek as stones interrupted the flow of the aquamarine water, once home to spring Chinook and ....
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe calls on Seattle to remove the Gorge Dam hcn.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hcn.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It is time for Seattle City Light to address the damage its three hydroelectric dams have caused over the past 100 years to the Skagit River, the tribes who have always lived here and their treaty-reserved fishing rights. The utility has begun the process of relicensing the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project for 30-50 more years. A coalition of tribes, state and federal agencies, environmental groups and others have joined the Swinomish, Sauk-Suiattle and Upper Skagit tribes in demanding that Seattle City Light study the impact the dams have had on fish passage. The Gorge, Diablo and Ross dams were constructed from the 1920s to the 1950s and provide about 20 percent of Seattleâs electricity while blocking 40 percent of the Skagit River. The dams also disrupt the riverâs natural functions by choking off downriver transport of spawning gravel and woody debris that helps create diverse salmon habitat. ....
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe: Seattle’s Skagit River dams put treaty rights at risk Seattle City Light s hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were built on the Upper Skagit s ancestral lands, but the tribe was never consulted about the project. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 8:06 PM PDT April 6, 2021 SEATTLE A small, rural Indian tribe based in Sedro-Woolley accuses the city of Seattle of degrading its culture, identity, and federally-protected treaty rights. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, according to historians, has inhabited the Skagit Valley along the Skagit River for 10,000 years. Members say 100 years ago, their way of life on the Skagit was disrupted. That’s when, without consulting the tribe, Seattle’s publicly-owned utility, ....