Ed Johnstone, or his ghostwriter, wrote: "These meetings were not in the spirit of government-to-government consultation. True consultation requires tribes’ free, prior and informed consent to policies affecting our treaty-protected resources. The governor’s office disregarded our concerns."

It's nonsense to hold that consultation requires ". . . tribes' free, prior, and informed consent . . ." before adopting a policy. Mr. Johnstone clearly doesn't expect that the Quinault Indian Nation needs the "free, prior, and informed consent" of the state before adopting a Tribal policy. I can't help but conclude that Mr. Johnstone is blind to co-management actually being a two-way street.