"Today is a great day for salmon, tribes, treaty rights and everyone who lives in western Washington. This Supreme Court ruling means more salmon for everyone. It will open hundreds of miles of high-quality salmon habitat that will produce hundreds of thousands more salmon annually for harvest by Indians and non-Indians. The Supreme Court has affirmed a common-sense ruling that treaty rights require there to be fish available for harvest. It affirms that the state can’t needlessly block streams and destroy salmon runs. The main cause of the salmon’s decline is that we are losing habitat faster than it can be restored. The ruling will result in a net gain of habitat that salmon badly need. Today’s ruling shows that our treaties are living documents. They are just as valid today as the day they were signed..." - Northwest Treaty Tribes Statement, dated June 11, 2018. Read the full Northwest Treaty Tribes Statement here: https://bit.ly/2tmmiBI Seattle Times Article: US Supreme Court Decision on Culverts https://bit.ly/2lupK8O Thank You All for your letters and support on this critical decision for Salmon habitat. Standing together we will protect & restore our Salmon, our Orcas, and our Salish Sea. YEHOW! Photo Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP Melissa Erkel, a fish-passage biologist with the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, looks at a culvert along the north fork of Newaukum Creek near Enumclaw, Wash., on June 22, 2015.