Your local laboratory in the San Juan Islands for the science to support good stewardship. Science for stewardship: working with Indian tribes and local communities to protect and restore ecosystems, and conducting scientific research that strengthens good stewardship of cultural and biological resources in the San Juan Archipelago, incorporating local knowledge and a Coast Salish perspective. To this end, Kwiaht will engage in studies of marine and terrestrial ecology, palaeoecology, and archaeology using genetics, biochemistry, palynology, geology, hydrology, and other relevant scientific tools; and it will engage in the experimental restoration and enhancement of aquatic and upland habitats.