Courtney Flatt
Northwest Public Radio-
The Yakama Nation is building up its little-known buffalo herd – so off-the-radar many tribal members don’t even know it exists. The plan is to help Yakama Nation members become more food sovereign.
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Researchers in the Northwest are studying dirty snow – and how cleaner snow could someday help with water resources around the world.
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More than 15 tribes joined together last week in Tulalip, Wash., to demand the federal government uphold their treaty obligations.
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A conservation group is helping people see a different perspective of the Snake River dams in southeastern Washington.
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For tribes throughout the nation, protecting access to culturally important foods is a top priority. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation say their first foods policy drives most of their land management decisions.
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A harmful algal bloom on the Snake River has spanned nearly 30 miles of the river. The Whitman County health department says it hasn’t seen a bloom like this on the Snake before.
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A couple federal agencies are looking at several ideas to bring grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades. The feds are hoping to hear from you.
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Fish counters are seeing thousands of lamprey going past Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. But tribal biologists say these toothy, eel-like fish have a long way to go before they’re in the clear.
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President Biden today directed federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant wild salmon populations to the Columbia River Basin. The presidential memorandum says tribal treaties need to be honored.
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In a historic agreement, the federal government announced Thursday it will fund tribal efforts to bring salmon back to the Upper Columbia River. Two massive dams have blocked salmon from that part of the river for close to a century.