sustainable management

Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout

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The notion of “reconditioning steelhead” might sound outlandish, even a bit ominous, at least when applied to an animal. Reconditioning is what’s done to prepare discarded electronics for resale, and the word carries connotations of recycling. How does one recycle a fish?

It turns out, though, to be the most accurate way to describe a unique practice being implemented in the headwaters of the Columbia Basin, to enable sea-going trout to spawn a second time without returning to the ocean in between. Only Indian tribes are doing this, although with cooperation from a couple of federal agencies. It started with the Yakama Tribe and has expanded to the Warm Springs, Colville and Nez Perce tribes...

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McNeel, Jack. "Tribes Recondition Steelhead to Bring Back Endangered Trout." Indian Country Today Media Network. October 24, 2013. Article. (https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/environment/tribes-recondition..., accessed October 25, 2013)

Opinion: How Indian forests sustain economy and environment

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There are 18 million acres of forests and woodlands on 305 separate Indian reservations in 24 states in the continental United States. Nationwide, tribal forests support an estimated 19,000 jobs from timber harvest alone and many more from related activities.

Local off-reservation economies benefit from Indian forest and natural-resource activities and the jobs generate proportionate economic activity in local economies...

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Gordon, John and John Sessions. "How Indian forests sustain economy and environment."  The Seattle Times Company Network. August 21, 2013. Opinion.(http://old.seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2021660888_guestjohngordonjohn..., accessed August 23, 2013)