Tulalip Tribes: Saving Their Sacred Salmon

Tulalip Tribe and other tribes in the Snohomish basin are concerned by the decline in salmon population in the region. Salmon loss is considered an economic, cultural, and spiritual threat to the tribal members’ lifeblood and identities. Local groups worked with farmers to control agricultural runoff that was found to be the major cause of salmon mortality. They established a s biodigester initiative to generate methane gas that can be sold to produce green energy from livestock manure. They also established active riparian buffers to build living fences from trees and provide shades to protect in-stream salmon habitat.