内容摘要：Jonathan Tincher carries a bag of feed through a field on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Nicholasville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Jonathan Tincher carries a bag of feed through a field on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Nicholasville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

A fisherman kicks up spray while shaking out a net on the Quinault River, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A fisherman kicks up spray while shaking out a net on the Quinault River, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The Quinault, historically known as skilled fishers and hunters who traveled the water for trading, ceded millions of acres to the U.S. government more than 150 years ago in exchange for a roughly 200,000-acre reservation on the coast. The tribe was promised peace and a permanent home,But now a key section is threatened.Taholah is close to the ocean and rests on estuary soils and fill that are infiltrated more easily by saltwater. With tidal ranges that average 9 feet, the sea level rise that is expected to accelerate in coming years will have significant impact, said John Callahan, climate scientist for NOAA.

Quinault has made flooding-related disaster declarations 26 times from 1957 to 2022, and they have become more frequent. About one-quarter have come since 2016, despite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers raising the seawall by about 4 feet (1.22 meters) in 2014.Marco Black Jr.,11, who lives near a seawall with his family feet away from the Pacific Ocean, watches his shot go through the basket as a neighborhood dog stands nearby, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Marco Black Jr.,11, who lives near a seawall with his family feet away from the Pacific Ocean, watches his shot go through the basket as a neighborhood dog stands nearby, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A pair of eagles soar near a totem pole near the Quinault River, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the tribe’s reservation in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, walks to her car as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursay, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, walks to her car as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursay, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)The two victims were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when

and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.Law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)