Tribes Are A Political Force, If People Listen
January 6, 2003 In the weeks after the general election, the writing is still on the wall. The tribes are…
Author: bfrankjr
Tribes Won’t Stop Fishing, Recovery Efforts
October 18, 2002 Treaty Indian salmon fishermen are struggling. There’s no market for our product. We can’t compete with cheaper…
Tribes Will Do Their Part For Groundfish
September 24, 2002 Coastal treaty tribes will be especially hard hit by the sharp reductions in groundfish harvests off the…
Larger Returns Don’t Equal Salmon Recovery
August 7, 2002 Here we go again. A second year of big returns of hatchery chinook returning to the Columbia…
Fish Are Food, Too
June 24, 2002 Why do rich farmers get all the breaks and poor fishermen get the shaft? The president recently…
State’s Duty: Fix The Culverts
The State of Washington has a duty to the treaty Indian tribes who have always inhabited this region. That Duty…
A New Look At Hatcheries
This is a time of great change in the management of the salmon resource in the State of Washington. Listings…
Let’s Awaken The Sleeping Lady
It has been a little over a year since Governor Gary Locke met with the tribes at the Sleeping Lady…
Don’t Water Down Shoreline Regulations, Strengthen Them
OLYMPIA (8/23/00)–Let’s face it. The state of Washington has failed to protect the environment of our region from development and…