Archive for April, 2010

Salmon Defense Goes on the Road

Posted on April 5 2010 by admin

by Lois Allen, Salmon Defense Volunteer

Salmon Defense took to the road recently to talk about our region’s precious salmon resources and build funding to protect them. Our road trip to the Rumsey Rancheria in Brooks, Calif., was quite an adventure. We started out by meeting at the headquarters of the ...

Nisqually Tribe Invests in Salmon Future

Posted on April 5 2010 by admin

The Nisqually Tribe awarded Salmon Defense $25,000 to support the updating and repackaging of “As Long as the Rivers Run” and invest in the growth of Salmon Defense as a regional organization important to protecting and recovering our region’s salmon.

This generous contribution, combined with others from the Muckleshoot Tribe and ...

Legal Challenge of Municipal Water Rights

Posted on April 5 2010 by admin

Salmon Defense is supporting a legal challenge of the 2003 Municipal Water Law (MWL) passed by the Washington State Legislature that threatens instream flows critical to salmon.

The MWL retroactively expands water rights held by public and private water purveyors at the expense of stream flows important for salmon and steelhead ...