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In the Pacific Northwest, fishing accounts for 36,000 full-time jobs including catching, canning, and selling. [36] However, one must also consider the jobs created by Puget Sound Salmon not directly related to the fish. The sale of boats, boating equipment, and other fishing necessities are impacted greatly by the continued supply of salmon.
The North Puyallup River flows from the toe of Puyallup Glacier, while the South Puyallup River flows from Tahoma Glacier. The two streams flow through the western part of Mount Rainier National Park , joining just outside the park boundary and forming the Puyallup River proper, which then flows generally north and northwest until it reaches ...
In 1906, a great flood coupled with a large log and debris jam diverted the White River southward into the Stuck River thence into the Puyallup River, which empties into Commencement Bay at Tacoma. The debris dam was replaced with a permanent diversion wall. Thus the White River remains a tributary of the Puyallup River today. [4]
The Puyallup Tribe tracked artificial turf debris almost 40 miles downstream. Toxic artifical turf in Puyallup River will cost hydroelectric company more than $500,000 Skip to main content
A diversion dam on the White River, near Buckley, routes water into a flume which empties into the east side of Lake Tapps. On the west side of the reservoir, water had originally been routed to the Dieringer Powerhouse to generate hydroelectricity , after which the water was returned to the White River, about 20 miles (32 km) downstream from ...
Robert "Bob" Satiacum (1929–March 25, 1991) was a Puyallup tribal leader and an advocate of native treaty fishing rights in the United States. He was convicted in 1982 of attempted murder, embezzlement of tribal funds, and other charges but fled to Canada to avoid a prison term.
Archaeology indicates that continuous human occupation began approximately ten thousand years ago by the Salish peoples who still live there. [9] [10] Lieutenant Peter Puget perhaps made first contact with the indigenous peoples and first charted the South Sound in the 1790s, giving rise to the original "Puget's Sound", which was then just the area south of the Narrows. [11]
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