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A new tool weighs the multifaceted factors involved in efforts to improve habitat

From the Summer 2025 Sea Star

By Brian McGreal, WSG Science Communications Fellow

In 2018, in a case brought forth by 21 Northwest Tribes, the Supreme Court ruled that Washington State has a duty to protect tribal treaty rights by preserving fish runs. The main focus of this case was replacing culverts — infrastructure that allows streams to pass underneath a road or path, and ...