Job Summary
The Salmon Recovery Grants Manager provides grant writing and management
capacity to help meet Lummi Indian Business Council (LIBC) Treaty reserved rights to hunt,
gather, and harvest within the Nations Usual and Accustomed Areas per the Point Elliot treaty of
1855, including the LIBC established interim goal of mid- 1980s salmon harvest towards a
moderate living from fishing through hatchery production per LIBC resolution 2015-042. To
support this goal, the LIBC directed the Lummi Natural Resources Department to expedite salmon
habitat restoration actions per the LIBC South Fork Nooksack Chinook Disaster Declaration RESO
2021-159 to avoid a repeat of the 2021 salmon mortality event where 2,500+ South Fork Nooksack
Chinook died because of degraded habitat and adverse effects of climate change.
