Close Bay Wolf, but no cigar. The state of WA, pretty much in total, is afraid of the Tribal rights through the treaties. Boldt II, the habitat hammer, has the possibility of shutting down significant developmental activities in the state. The Tribes have a right to dead fish in the boat. The non Indians have chosen to take theirs as development, agriculture, logging, mining, and all else needed to support more people.

The Tribes run the risk of pushing too hard, but at this time they have sufficient power to get pretty much what they want. To the rest of the state, fishing is small potatoes compared to having a job, having water to drink, a house to live in, roads to drive on.