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Why the Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington is buying up farmland

NPR | By John Ryan
Published April 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM MDT

The Stillaguamish Tribe north of Seattle is returning farmland to the sea to save salmon and help floodproof a community that's struggled with rising tides due to climate change.

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