Social science

The Quileute live along the Pacific Coast, in La Push, Washington. The tribe's historical territory stretched up and down the coast.

Quileute Area of Concern:

The Quileute are focused in WRIA 20, where the largest watershed is the Quillayute River. Since 1999, the tribe has been a part of Lead Entities, a state program working to restore salmon habitat. Regulatory changes have been delayed, however, limiting progress. Restoration goals include protecting habitat from negative impacts due to commercial forestry, eliminating invasive knotweed (Polygonum spp.), and increased monitoring.

Natural Resource Management:

• The Quileute are one of several Washington coast

The Puyallup Tribe lives in one of the first areas in Puget Sound that was settled by Euro-Americans. For years, they were unable to exercise their fishing rights, until the U.S. vs. Washington court decision, which allowed them access to the usual and accustomed areas.

Puyallup Tribe Area of Concern:

Timber harvest and high road density around the Puyallup River has created channel instability and resulted in high levels of sediment. Major concerns in the watershed are loss of access to spawning and rearing habitat, loss of floodplain processes, water quality, and alteration of flow regimes. The tribe has been

The Port Gamble S’Klallam reservation covers 1,340 acres. Over half of the nearly 2,000 enrolled tribal members live on the reservation. Port Gamble Bay, the tribe’s ancestral home, has proven to be more resilient than other nearby water bodies, but it still carries a load of toxins from the Pope & Talbot sawmill, which operated on the bank for over 150 years.

Port Gamble S'Klallam Area of Concern:

The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe works in a large area of northern Hood Canal and WRIA 17. Water quality in Hood Canal is at risk, and measurements show increased episodes of hypoxia

The Nooksack are a tribe of about 2,000 members. After signing the Point Elliott Treaty in 1855, they lost ownership of much of their land in exchange for fishing and hunting rights. They were expected to move to the Lummi Reservation, but most refused, and they were eventually granted some homestead claims. Currently, around 2,400 acres remain in trust, administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. After the 1855 treaty, the tribe remained unrecognized until 1973. The tribe's name translates to "always bracken fern roots".

Nooksack Tribe Area of Concern:

The Nooksack watershed, part of WRIA 1, is 834 square

The Nisqually tribe has over 650 enrolled members. Most live on or near the reservation, which was established by the Medicine Creek Treaty in 1854. According to legend, the Nisqually people migrated from the Great Basin thousands of years ago, crossing the Cascades and settling in what is now Skate Creek. The tribe is one of the largest employers in Thurston County.

Nisqually Tribe Area of Concern:

The Nisqually Tribe is focused in the Nisqually River basin, one of the least developed watersheds in Puget Sound. Much of the riverine and estuarine area within the basin has been successfully protected

The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is named after the prairie where the Muckleshoot reservation was established in 1857. The tribe’s members are descended from the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup people.

Muckleshoot Tribe Area of Concern:

The Muckleshoot Tribe works in WRIAs 8,9, and 10, encompassing the White River, Lake Washington, and the Green-Duwamish watershed. Both basins have been heavily developed, losing much of their habitat, and Lake Washington is the most populated basin in Puget Sound. Most of the upper White River has been heavily logged, and Commencement Bay has a long history of industrial contamination. Hatcheries play an important role