From bear grass to huckleberries to cedar and more, it’s getting harder and harder for the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington to find and access natural resources that are central to our culture. We need the traditional foods, medicines and materials that make us who we are. Like salmon, shellfish and wildlife, these things [...]
Being Frank May 2010 By Billy Frank Jr., Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Treaty tribal and state co-managers wrapped up their annual process of setting salmon fishing seasons recently and I was again reminded of those who say that a total ban on fishing is the only path to salmon recovery. They don’t [...]
City Code Enforcement, Why It Matters Dear Editor, You’ve probably seen all the signs that were accumulating in DuPont, out on Center, McNeil, and Wilmington Drives, over the weekends. The number of sandwich board signs was steadily growing year after year. So I did some research and found that the City of DuPont municipal code [...]
The Home Town Clipper received the following monthly editorial from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission that we decided to share with our readers. The author is Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. His monthly letter is titled, “Being Frank”. As a statement from the NWIFC chairman, the column represents the interests [...]
The Home Town Clipper received the following monthly editorial from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission that we decided to share with our readers. The author is Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. His monthly letter is titled, “Being Frank”. As a statement from the NWIFC chairman, the column represents the interests [...]
On November 12th, I attended a celebration at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate the restoration of 762 acres of the Nisqually Estuary. This is the largest estuary restoration project in the Pacific Northwest. In the early 1900’s the Brown’s Farm transformed the estuary into farmland by surrounding the area with dikes. The project [...]
On February 9 we are being asked to once again renew our support to our children within the school district. The school district’s four-year operations and maintenance levy, in its fourth and final year of authorization, must be renewed. In light of last year’s state cuts to education funding and the additional cuts in this [...]
Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that the Railroad that runs through the Town of Steilacoom has put a new signaling devise at the crossing going to the Steilacoom Dock. This devises are two horns that sounds like the cross between an off key foghorn and a sick cow. The horn was installed [...]
Dear Editor, In response to a letter in a recent issue of the Clipper, it is a pleasure to re-assure Barbara Cook-Gordon that her tax dollars for schools have not been mis-allocated as she implies. Recent improvements to the Steilacoom High School (SHS) athletic fields, track and tennis courts (which are also Physical Education teaching stations) [...]
