I think that the State has decided, at the highest levels, not to challenge the Tribes. It is my opinion that this is based in large part on Boldt II, Habitat. The State not only lost the Culvert Case, all the way to the Supremes, bit it has dragged its feet for so long that the price tags to meet the Court-mandated removals is Billions (like maybe 4+) that must be spent now as 2030 is the deadline.

The State, at least at the top where the purse-strings are held, realized that maintaining and restoring habitat was not only expensive but would limit growth and development. They made a choice; give the Tribes what they want and we can grow or limit them and we can lose in Court.

I understand that some in the Leg want to re-fight the idea that the Tribes actually have a right to put fish in the boat rather than just drag nets in fishless waters.

This whole issue of just how much of the natural world are we willing to save is being fought, and generally lost, around the globe. But we humans keep on breeding.