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Native Woman in a colorful headscarf holds muffins on a tray

First foods lead the way in Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation natural resource management

Sadie Mildenberger holding Elderberry Crumble muffins. CREDIT: Dori Luzzo Gilmour Listen (Runtime 4:06) Read Forty years ago, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s Department of Natural Resources started… Continue Reading First foods lead the way in Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation natural resource management

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Part of the Box of Rain timber sale that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources approved to go to auction in December.

Judge rules DNR violated environmental policy; department amends 5 timber sales

The Washington Department of Natural Resources violated state environmental laws when it failed to account for climate change, according to a Jefferson County Superior Court ruling.
Last week, a superior court ruled the Washington Department of Natural Resources violated the state’s environmental protection act procedures in its preparation for two timber sales.
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The Nisqually River between its headwaters on Mount Rainier and Puget Sound. CREDIT: WA STATE PARKS

New airport proposal for Pierce and Thurston counties met with opposition

Southeast of the Puget Sound, in rural Pierce and Thurston counties, there’s lots of open land. It’s the home of the Nisqually River Watershed and some of the last remaining prairie ecosystems in the state.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe manages 90 miles of land, from Mount Rainier to the mouth of the Nisqually River — a fraction of the homelands of the tribe, said Willy Frank III, tribal chairman. Continue Reading New airport proposal for Pierce and Thurston counties met with opposition

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