A Quinault tribal member digs for clams on Pacific Beach, Washington, U.S. March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fawn Sharp, the president of the Quinault Indian Nation, poses for a portrait in her office on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. ''It is vital that we repatriate this land base so we can control these decisions,'' said Sharp. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sea wall, damaged by storm surges and high tides, stands along the coastline near Quinault Indian Nation's main village on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sign, warning the public not to trespass into the Quinault Indian Reservation, stands on the side of a road in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Greg Lewis, a fisherman, holds up two fish that he caught on the Quinault River near Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. ''In the fall time we get Coho and King salmon, wintertime right now we're getting steelhead. We used to get sockeye in the springtime that we could fish for but it's been a few years since we've been able to fish for sockeye. Their numbers are so low, so now we are just going to let the run build up. So we haven't been fishing for them,'' Lewis said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Kim Baumgartner, a fisheries technician, places a fish into a plastic storage unit, after inspecting it at the Quinault Indian Nation?s fish processing plant, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 4, 2020. ''We look for the fish that the hatcheries have tagged, they actually tag them and we extract the tags and we can tell where the fish came from.'' said Baumgartner. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Guy Capoeman, an artist, stands next to a totem pole, a monumental carving which is a type of Northwest Coast art, that he carved of a woman holding a fish, at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Greg Lewis, a fisherman, throws a female salmon back into the Quinault River after catching it, near the Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Traditional Quinault paintings of birds and fish, both symbols of the region, are pictured on the side of a building on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sonya Hall, a homemaker, and her 11-month-old son Sa'keeli Willis, sit on the sea wall, damaged by storm surges and high tides, behind her house on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 4, 2020. ''These rocks here, these are fully intact but if you look towards our river, the waves go over them almost every single night, so it goes into our river and then the river overflows and then our streets overflow. Once our streets overflow, it will fill in our homes and then this whole street will be taken and it's possible to happen every time there's a high tide,'' Hall said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Downtown Taholah is pictured at sunrise next to the Quinault river at the Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Elephant Rock, a rock formation, stands off the coast on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 2, 2020. Several years ago ''the trunk'' of Elephant Rock succumbed to coastal erosion. The damage to the iconic Quinault landmark has made tribal members more aware of the impacts of climate change. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

A coastline of the Pacific Ocean, damaged by erosion, is seen on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Greg Lewis, a fisherman, goes fishing on the Quinault River on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 4, 2020. ''This river is where I make most of my money. Besides that, I go clam digging and work a summer job too,'' Lewis said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Becca Ralston, a fisherwoman and jewellery designer, digs for clams on Pacific Beach, Washington, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

A fish buyer weighs a bucket of clams that were caught on Pacific Beach, in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Jane Lemieux, a hatchery technician, shows a tray full of baby salmon at the National Fish Hatchery on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Humptulips, Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Adolescent salmon are displayed for a photo in front of outdoor fish tanks, at the National Fish Hatchery on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Humptulips, Washington, U.S. March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Workers from Latin America sit in the break room of the Quinault Indian Nation's fish processing plant, at the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Greg Lewis, a fisherman, and his son Earl, 5, stand behind the Quinault Indian Nation's fish processing plant, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Greg Lewis, a fisherman, and his son Earl, 5, look at things for sale at a pop-up fishing supply shop, run out of a van at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

David Purdy, a fisherman and the uncle of Greg Lewis, filets a salmon near his home at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Two women and a group of children play in the front yard of a private home at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Members of the Quinault high school basketball team gather in their school's entry way where there is a traditional Quinault painting of two birds, a symbol of the region, painted onto the wall on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Celina Markishtum, a fisherwoman, who is clam digging during the clam season, smokes a cigarette as she lies on her bed at her home in Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. ''Clam digging is just for Quinault tribal members, like my husband Stan, he's Micmac and he's not allowed to dig. I mean, we only get $2.50 for a pound so that's a lot of digging. Before we used to get as much as a whole 5 gallon bucket in a day but now we are lucky to get half that. Today, I think I made $15.'' said Markishtum. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Francis Frederick McCrory jr, known as JR, a fisherman, gets his granddaughter, Teagan Brown, 9, ready for school on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. ''I have 33 grandkids, and I worry about their future and what it's going to be like for them. Right now, I wouldn't steer my grandkids to be a fisherman because there's hardly no future there,'' said McCrory. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Aliza Brown, the health and wellness director for the Quinault Indian Nation, wears a traditional Quinault hat on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 2, 2020. ''The hat was a gift from my husband and father. It was woven by my relative Vickie Trudeau. There is so much detail and story in the hat that I primarily wear it during potlatch or tribal journeys when the Quinault?s take the floor (singing, dancing and sharing gifts) ... It?s a special piece to me and something I will pass down to my daughter and granddaughters'' said Brown. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Becca Ralstonon, a fisherwoman and jewellery designer, digs for clams on Pacific Beach, Washington, U.S. March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Two women who work at a daycare centre, walk with children who they look after, next to the Quinault River at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Francis Frederick McCrory jr, known as JR, a fisherman, takes his granddaughter, Teagan Brown, 9, to school on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. ''Like I say, no fish coming back. So we stress getting an education and getting a real job. Fishing is almost a thing of the past,'' McCrory said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Francis Frederick McCrory jr, known as JR, a fisherman, sits in the restaurant area of a gas station at Quinault Indian Nation's main village, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sonya Hall, a homemaker, and her 11-month-old son Sa'keeli Willis, sit in the living room of their home, on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington, U.S. March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH ''QUINAULT CLIMATE CHANGE'' FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH ''WIDER IMAGE'' FOR ALL STORIES.