By Marianne Lincoln It is a quiet morning, but the past few weeks have been busy with things that needed to happen for me before the holiday rush. With Thanksgiving around the corner, we are about to have a barrage of holiday invitations, events, and all the trimmings will be put up around the community….
Category: Salmon
Is the Clover Creek system headed to extinction?
It is the end of October, 2025. The salmon are coming up Chambers Bay. Some have even been allowed over the dam to spawn naturally rather than be taken at the hatchery. Sadly, there is no water in Clover Creek. The fish cannot get any farther than Chambers Creek and Leech Creek. The fish ladder…
Do not disturb the redds
It is Fall. It is raining. In Washington, that means there are salmon coming up the creeks and rivers to spawn. The spawning female salmon make nests in which to lay eggs. They move their bodies and tails back and forth in the gravel to create a cone shaped hollow. They may create several in…
Grandmother speaks
By Marianne Lincoln Tonight, I am trying to wrap my brain around the event I just witnessed at the Washington State Historical Museum. This was right up there with the night I was at the museum for the Leschi Exoneration Trial. I walked in a little late, because I wasn’t off work in time for…
532 Chinook over the dam
This year, life is good for Chinook Salmon at Chambers Bay. The Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) reported they released 532 Chinook salmon to finish their lives in Chambers Creek (see Escapement Report). The last time this happened was August 1999, 25 years ago! This is truly historic and wonderful for people and…
Chambers Bay Estuary, fish ladder repair and more
Before Chambers Creek becomes Chambers Bay, the water flow is blocked by an outdated dam. Built to provide electricity for a nearby paper plant that closed years ago, the dam is widely considered to be harming the ecosystem of the area. Pierce County Surface Water Management, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group and three local…
Killing Sequalitchew, a watershed in danger
By Marianne Lincoln Sequalitchew Creek runs from Sequalitchew Lake, through Edmund Marsh, to Puget Sound’s Nisqually Reach, through the City of Dupont, Washington. This is the same Dupont where the Nisqually Indians lived and later welcomed and worked for the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Nisqually. The Fort had two sites above the Sequalitchew. The…
Discussing our watershed March 12 and March 19
March 12, 6 p.m. at the Parkland Spanaway Library is the general meeting of the Clover Creek Restoration Alliance. This group advocates for the improvement of conditions in the watershed around Clover Creek and does creek cleanup projects in the area. If you are interested in our local watershed, please stop by or inquire about…
WDF&W receives $1,499,300 grant for oak habitat, prescribed burning and other salmon enhancement on base
As part of a package of $18.5 million for conservation grants, JBLM will receive almost $1.5 million for expanding partnerships, landowner outreach, plant production, and prescribed burning. There are 13 sites and 829 acres where oak habitat and ecosystem enhancements will take place. Here is the portion of the press release noting the local project….
Cantwell & Murray Announce $18.5M For Fish & Wildlife Conservation Projects
Lummi, Skokomish, Colville & Lower Elwha Klallam Tribes — as well WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife and Chelan County – receive federal funding Grants will help restore salmon & wildlife habitat; improve health, biodiversity of WA public lands WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs…
Puyallup Watershed Symposium, Dec 5
The Puyallup River Watershed Council is presenting the Puyallup Watershed Symposium on December 5, 2024, from 1:00 – 6:00 pm at the Pioneer Park Pavilion (330 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98317). The presenters’ abstracts can be accessed using the QR code on the poster or using this link. To register, you can do so by…
Salmon Saturdays, Dec. 7 & 14
Metro Parks Tacoma’s Salmon Saturdays, which will be held at Swan Creek Park (2820 Pioneer Way E. , Tacoma, WA 98404) on December 7th and 14th, 2024, celebrates the return of salmon to Swan Creek and surrounding areas! Visit Swan Creek Park to welcome home the spawning salmon on Dec 7 or Dec 14 from 12-2…
Pierce Prairie Post 