Paul Ward

Toppenish, Washington

Paul Ward currently manages Yakama Nation Fisheries which conducts fish restoration and harvest management work in the Columbia River basin. Paul is a member of the Yakama Nation and has resided there for the past 40 years. He is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. The father of two sons, a daughter and a newly minted grandson, Paul values the open country of Yakama people and the bounty it provides in the traditional foods important to the culture, religion and health of its people.