Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
I wish them luck. I can't see how WDFW is compliant with law even though the AAGs argue othewise. And it's pretty clear that NMFS is forcing WDFW to "negotiate" with PS tribes with "a gun to its head." And the whole BIA sec. 7 nexus is weak sauce at best, but likely isn't without precedent.


Not understanding this part...

Can you expound on the Section 7 ESA violations to which this group is filing suit?


Cohoangler captured this well. There must be a federal nexus in order to conduct a Section 7 ESA consultation. BIA is a federal agency within Dep't. of Interior, but it does not permit, fund, or carry out treaty tribal fisheries. There might be a weak link - indirect - where BIA funnels federal Rights Protection funds to tribes that the tribes then use to manage a fishery. But ask a treaty tribe any other day of the year what connection BIA has to treaty tribal fisheries management and they will say not a damn thing. The tribes are often openly hostile to BIA - long history, long story.