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“I can feel my ancestors in the cold, clean waters of the Skagit near Setattle Creek,” says Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe, who dips his hand in the waters of the Skagit River near the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Upper Skagit tribe has a historic village site nearby that is named after bears. “I come to that area as often as I can,” he says. “to walk where my ancestors walked, to breathe where my ancestors breathed, and to contemplate the future.” The tribe is one of the lead advocates for grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. 225376

“I can feel my ancestors in the cold, clean waters of the Skagit near Setattle Creek,” says Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe, who dips his hand in the waters of the Skagit River near the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Upper Skagit tribe has a historic village site nearby that is named after bears. “I come to that area as often as I can,” he says. “to walk where my ancestors walked, to breathe where my ancestors breathed, and to contemplate the future.” The tribe is one of the lead advocates for grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. 225376