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  Northwest tribes: Treaties mean Trump can’t ax salmon funding

  Northwest tribal officials say the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal would violate their treaty rights to catch salmon.

  • John Ryan
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  City planned to withhold West Seattle light rail environmental concerns from regulators, public

  Internal City of Seattle communications leaked to KUOW show that officials planned to withhold some environmental concerns from the public and federal regulators regarding Sound Transit’s planned West Seattle Link light rail extension.

  • Ann Dornfeld
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  A record-size run of pink salmon may be headed toward Washington state

  Biologists expect a record number of pink salmon to return to Puget Sound and Washington rivers and streams this year. And while that may seem like a good signal about salmon habitat, it's also raising some concerns.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  Trump admin aims to gut salmon spending

  The Trump White House wants to eliminate several programs that benefit Pacific salmon, the iconic but widely threatened species of the Pacific Northwest.

  • John Ryan
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  'Sometimes you only get one shot.' Restoring salmon habitat and rejuvenating a South Seattle beach

  Logs are being adjusted and plans are in place for floating gardens to be deployed into the cove of Be’er Sheva Park in South Seattle. The goal is to bolster fish habitat as part of a larger project to rejuvenate a Lake Washington beach that serves historically Black and diverse neighborhoods.

  • Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
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  Is that piece of salmon on your plate actually wild or is it farmed?

  Salmon is part of the Pacific Northwest’s culture and diet. Wild-caught salmon are prized, and they cost more. It’s one reason Washington lawmakers passed legislation in 2013 making it unlawful to knowingly mislabel seafood. The law also requires sellers to provide information whether salmon being sold is wild-caught or farm-raised.

  • Ruby de Luna
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  Too much cyanide in Puget Sound? EPA to review state regulations

  Federal officials have agreed to take another look at how Washington state regulates a deadly poison — cyanide.

  • John Ryan
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  Northwest tribes' salmon hatcheries get $240 million federal boost

  West Coast tribes are getting nearly $240 million from the federal government to improve their salmon hatcheries.

  • John Ryan
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  Salmon-spilling company ends fight to resume farming at Puget Sound sites

  The company behind a massive spill of Atlantic salmon in 2017 has thrown in the towel on its efforts to keep farming fish at two locations in Puget Sound.

  • John Ryan
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  Why the billions spent fixing Washington culverts may not be saving many salmon

  Washington state will spend an estimated $7.8 billion on restoring salmon habitat by 2030, according to a new Seattle Times report. But the potential outcome of all that spending is as murky as a stream full of silt.

  • Libby Denkmann

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