Environmental stewardship and Indigenous cultural preservation go hand in hand at Tryon Creek

Clifton and Christine Bruno adjusted the large filets of skewered Tribal-caught salmon cooking around a smoky fire just outside the Tryon Creek Visitor Center in Portland. As the fish slow-cooked around the fire, a hard spring rain fell on the pop-up tents erected over their traditional salmon bake in Tryon Creek’s temperate rainforest.

Around the fire were several coolers filled with a total of 50 pounds of salmon – enough to share with the hundreds of guests who would be visiting Friends of Tryon Creek’s sixth annual Indigenous Culture Day event Saturday.