Naval Air Station Superfund Site: Swinomish and Samish Nations
Author:
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Date Published:
2015
Description:
The Naval Air Station Superfund Site is located on Whidbey Island, WA in the
ancestral lands of the Swinomish and Samish Nations. Coast Salish tribes have maintained a culture centered on abundant salt water resources including seafood and marine mammals, as well as upland resources such as berries and wild game.
- The Swinomish and Samish Tribes have begun a collaboration with the Superfund Research Program at OSU to analyze contaminants in harvested shellfish (2014).
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