After more than a century, a Native American tribe in northern Washington can finally fish for coho salmon in the same rivers as its ancestors, the Seattle Times reported — and it's all thanks to the ...

NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing scheduled for May 21, 2025. H.R. 2388 - Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands ...

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe achieved what they described as a milestone in their relationship when they approved a memorandum of agreement allowing the ...

ELWHA RIVER, Wash. — With the plonk of fishing tackle in clear, green water, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first fishery on a free-flowing river in more than a century got underway. “I am so proud ...

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members sing the “Salmon Song” led by Jonathan Arakawa, right. More than 100 people attended the outdoor ceremony Monday near the banks of the Elwha River at the Lower Elwha ...

ELWHA RIVER — With the plonk of fishing tackle in clear, green water, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s first fishery on a free-flowing river in more than a century got underway. “I am so proud of my ...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A site sacred to a Washington state tribe has been found among the 1,100 acres of land that emerged after the Elwha Dam was removed and waters receded. Now, the Lower Elwha ...

The dams will be notched down gradually, over three years, and it will take even longer for fish to return in force. Yet the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, whose culture is rooted in the river, already ...

The annual tribal canoe journey that traverses our region was impacted by the tsunami alerts this week. The Paddle to Elwha was running right around the time the earthquake happened in Russia, ...