The Watershed Restoration Division has been protecting and restoring salmon habitat since 1994 with a focus on Chinook salmon, an important cultural species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. It has become a restoration leader in Water Resources Inventory Area 1 (WRIA 1), the Nooksack River Basin.​

Mission

The mission of the Natural Resources Restoration Division is to assess, preserve and restore fisheries habitat throughout the Lummi Nation's Usual and Accustomed Areas. Special emphasis will be placed on the recovery of Chinook salmon and other treaty-protected stocks of special significance to the Lummi people.

Project Implementation

Effectiveness Monitoring

• Nooksack River Forks Instream Restoration Project Effectiveness Monitoring Report (Maudlin, Levell, and Rice 2020)

• Upper South Fork Nooksack River Effectiveness Monitoring Report (Natural Systems Design, Lummi Natural Resources 2021)

• Hyporheic Upwellings, Cool-Water Refuge, and Hope for Chinook Salmon: Engineered Log Jam Effectiveness Monitoring on the South Fork Nooksack River (Nuxw7íyem) (Jantsch 2025)