Washington: Stillaguamish Tribe Reconnects River To Blue Slough

Washington: Stillaguamish Tribe Reconnects River To Blue Slough   The mark of a successful restoration project is the presence of salmon in newly created habitat.   This spring, Stillaguamish Natural Resources staff found hundreds of chum in Blue Slough, along with dozens of chinook, coho and steelhead.   The side channel had been cut off from the river by railroad tracks in the 1930s. Restoring the habitat was proposed in the 1970s, and the tribe began the work in 2005. Logjams and...

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