Thanks N.- Interesting and revealing article. Apparently the WDFW & ODFW have sued the NMFS and Col. Tribes over both this unfair Col. springer allocation and, according to an article in the Vancouver Columbian, over the Col. Tribes asking and likely to get all of the allocation of Fed. ESA Col. fall chinook! This is what will likely close sportfishermen off the Col. fall 'nook run! I certainly hope the suit is successful- no Boldt type judge would help! It's good to know that the states are going to bat for us at least. But what is going on here? This is outside Treaty power isn't it? The Col. Tribal Commission has a seemingly mysterious power over the NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service - Feds), who have power over the states. Did the Feds get hoodwinked into a pow wow pipesmoke of some scarystrength pyote with a hashpipe bongwater chaser before the decisive meetings or what?? Now there is some legitamate basis for anti-Indian sentiment (at least with the Col. Tribal Comm.)!!! - RT

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