tribes or tribe suing the dnr?

[logger]

  Had a meeting today at chehalis on a up coming project and one the dnr guys said they were being sued by a tribe or tribes [i didn't catch which]guess they want access to all the dnr ground meaning keys to the gates. Is this new or old news ? I am just now hearing about it.

[billythekidrock]

I hadn't heard about the Chehalis, but in  the past I have heard of other tribes suing for access/keys.

[headshot5]

Yeah I know they are always trying to get keys for DNR land, was this for region 6?

[bobcat]

I read about the lawsuit several months ago. Makes me so mad!  If we have to walk so should they. Did they have roads and 4 wheel drive vehicles in the 1800's?   

[stevemiller]

I read about the lawsuit several months ago. Makes me so mad!  If we have to walk so should they. Did they have roads and 4 wheel drive vehicles in the 1800's?   

this is exactly what every judge should say.

[logger]

kinda a kick in the sack for the guys that bought a discover pass, even though that would be the least of the repercussions.

[logger]

I was told yesterday that if this goes through they would just leave the gates open yearound because there would be no way to control it.

[snowpack]

The tribe members I know get keys for any DNR gate in their territory.  They have to go check them out at the tribal office and return them later.  They get all their Discover Passes there too.  When the guys go to get their new licenses and tags, the office prints them up DPs for all the vehicles/trailers they have.  It is kind of weird---the passes are free for them, and I can see it being so for the DNR land in their territory, but the passes are still valid on any DNR land even outside their areas. 

[Forks]

Might as well give them GPS coordinates of all collared animals, on a daily basis, while they're at it. Poor folks need all the help they can get feeding themselves.

[steen]

We have it worse up here in the NW corner of the state.  The Tribes here are claiming all the water in the Nooksack is theirs and the farmers who do not have water rights can no longer irrigate  their land until they get one.  Some have had applications in since 1992 and still can't get one.  The farmers think they are going to try charging all non tribals to use the water.  They claim there is not enough water in the river for the fish, which are theirs too, of course.

[Special T]

I talked to a guy with a well drilling business a weekago. He said all his work was in whatcom or snohomish county. Very few wells have been drilled and any piece of land without one will be nearly impossible to develop


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[Whitefoot]

They should be giving us the keys... I hope the tribe wins this lawsuit...

[Boss .300 winmag]

We have it worse up here in the NW corner of the state.  The Tribes here are claiming all the water in the Nooksack is theirs and the farmers who do not have water rights can no longer irrigate  their land until they get one.  Some have had applications in since 1992 and still can't get one.  The farmers think they are going to try charging all non tribals to use the water.  They claim there is not enough water in the river for the fish, which are theirs too, of course.

Same in Skagit county, wonder what it will do to existing wells on land and it's values?

[Special T]

Existing property values are holding high that have wells approved or are already installed. If you look at property for sale you will find that places with no wells are CHEAP and ones with wells and or septic are going for bank. In many cases conservation easements are required to get permits where you are not allowed to do anything to the property. Its a racket.