Jeeez, JP, the Sauk-Suiattle tribe has 250-300 members. The resource cops they hire probably aren't even going to be Indians; just like most tribal biologists aren't. Everybody has heard a story or two about tribal abuses, but to call their harvest practices "atrocious" would suggest that you believe they are wholly or mostly responsible for declines of our fish and wildlife. I doubt all of the tribal harvests put together equal the losses due to a dam, or clear cut, or improperly drained agro field, or poorly placed mini-mall, or commerical overharvest....

The Feds have provided a tribe a potentially valuable management tool. Personally, I think it would be better if WDFW had an extra million bucks earmarked for enforcement, but I'm not going to moan about a tribe getting it when the alternative is to have fewer resource cops out there.