This award will support lummi natural resources in the operation of skookum creek hatchery related to the implementation of the south fork chinook hatchery conservation program

This $806,403 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support the Lummi Natural Resources Department in two key activities related to the South Fork Chinook Hatchery Conservation Program:

1. Operation of the Skookum Creek Hatchery, which is critical for implementing the South Fork Chinook Hatchery Conservation Program.

2. Monitoring and evaluating South Fork Chinook natural production from April 2024 through March 2025, to support the implementation of the South Fork Hatchery Conservation Program.

This award to the Lummi Indian Business Council, the federally recognized tribal government representing the Lummi Tribe, demonstrates the federal government's ongoing partnership with tribes to support salmon conservation and hatchery programs in the Pacific Northwest.

This award will additionally support the lummi natural resources department in actions related to monitoring and evaluating south fork chinook natural production beginning in april of 2024 through march of 2025 related to the implementation of the south fork hatchery conservation program.