ENR Updates Blog Feed
Floating Treatment Wetland – 2026 Update
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...
Kokanee Return – Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
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 decades...
Floating Treatment Wetland – 2024 Update
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 partners,...
Introducing ʔəshəliʔ ti qʷuʔ – the “Water is Alive” Hub
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...
Planting Camas in the sdukʷalbixʷ baqʷab
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...
2023 Volunteer Gratitude Summary
With 2023 closing out, and the all-new 2024 peeking its head around the corner, the time to reflect on our experiences and accomplishments is here again. Around this same time last year, we published a blog post thanking our volunteers for all they helped us...
A Year of Accomplishments in Assessing the North Fork Tolt River
2023 was a busy year of field and remote sensing work for the North Fork Tolt River Assessment. As part of bringing the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Forest (STAF) back under the Tribe’s stewardship, the Tribe’s Environmental and Natural Resources (ENR) Department is...
Spring Camas
This Spring we are noticing so much camas growing on Snoqualmie Tribe’s Administrative Campus. c̓abid, or camas, is an important traditional food for Snoqualmie Tribe. The Tribe's Environmental & Natural Resource Department (ENR) is making efforts to restore camas...
A Thank You to Volunteers
Volunteers provide so much for the Snoqualmie Tribe’s Habitat Restoration Projects. Volunteers show up as organized groups and individuals to help us with planting, noxious weed control, and mulching throughout the year. We can’t say thank you enough!
The Snoqualmie Tribe is Assessing the North Fork Tolt River
The North Fork Tolt River is a sparkling mountain stream flowing through Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Lands, including the newly reclaimed 12,000-acre Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Forest. Flowing west off the flanks of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, the North Fork Tolt...