by ENR | Jul 23, 2026 | ENR Updates, Floating Wetland
Floating treatment wetlands are increasingly being implemented, tested and improved upon to treat stormwater and runoff. Plants suspended on floating mats of soil-like material float above the water offering water quality benefits as a makeshift wetland. Plants take... 
by ENR | Mar 9, 2025 | ENR Updates
2024 Summary – Seeing Returns on Restoration Investments 2024 was an outstanding year for salmon restoration in the Salish Sea and more broadly on the US’s West Coast. With record runs of sockeye in the Columbia River, chinook returning for the first time in... 
by ENR | Dec 17, 2024 | ENR Updates, Floating Wetland
In November of 2023, volunteers helped the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe’s Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Department plant and install Floating Treatment Wetlands, or FTWs, in the retention pond on the Tribe’s reservation. Thanks to the work of our... 
by ENR | Aug 5, 2024 | ENR Updates
The ʔəshəliʔ ti qʷuʔ (Water is Alive) ArcGIS Hub is a desktop digital collaborative educational platform for the Snoqualmie Tribe and external organizations. It provides a space to engage the community, share geographic information on water quality, and tribal... 
by ENR | Jul 23, 2024 | ENR Updates
Prairies and the Snoqualmie Tribe Over the last few years, the Snoqualmie Tribe has been working to return camas and related prairie plants to the upper Snoqualmie Valley, the sdukʷalbixʷ baqʷab (Snoqualmie Prairie). Motivated by restoring lost ecologies and...