If salmon are to be restored in this state, it will require many efforts. Most of all, it will require a team effort. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The state and the tribes must learn to
work together. Like people paddling a canoe, it only makes
sense for us to paddle in the same direction.

We hope this is a…

Olympia, 7/15/98– Don’t be surprised if you see tribal fishermen exercising their treaty rights this summer and autumn in the waters of western Washington.

Superficial news coverage would portray fishing as the primary cause in the decline of many wild salmon populations. That’s because fisheries are a highly visible “taking” of the resource. There is no question, however, that the loss and degradation of good spawning…