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ICTMN Staff | January 10, 2013

Nisqually Indian Tribe has distributed approximately $2.5 million in grant funds to local groups to keep people safe, help children succeed, improve community health, honor veterans, preserve culture, protect the environment and support dozens of other critical community services and programs benefiting Indians and non-Indians alike.

Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources
Published: October 31, 2012

The Land Trust purchased the property with a federal land-acquisition grant through the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). As part of the multi-party transaction, DNR will hold a conservation easement on the property in perpetuity, ensuring its use as habitat and preventing future development.

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Published: Oct 18th, 2012

The Nisqually Indian Tribe is hoping to learn some lessons about habitat restoration from salmon moving through an important tributary to the Nisqually River. Tribal researchers are using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags to track juvenile salmon in Ohop Creek.

“Bringing salmon runs back to the Nisqually means restoring and protecting habitat where we can,” Troutt said. “Ohop Creek is a huge opportunity for us to do a lot of good for salmon.”

The News Tribune: Mixed-use development planned at Lacey Gateway after purchase
ROLF BOONE | Staff writer
Published Sept. 26, 2012

The tribe purchased 37 acres near Lacey Gateway in 2008. It now plans to develop that land and the Gateway land with Wig Properties – totaling about 250 acres – into a mixed-use development in phases over several years.