297 



What followed were agreements - unique in the nation - that brought previously 

 contending tribes and other parties together in a voluntary process to serve mutual 

 needs. In summary, the evolution of cooperative resource management so far has 

 produced: 



• Tribal/state ongoing plans for cooperative 



management of Puget Sound fisheries. These 

 plans join the tribes involved and the state 

 departments of Fisheries and Wildlife in mutual 

 concerns about water quality and streamside and 

 in-stream habitat. 



The Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United 

 States and Canada, which resulted in 1985 from 

 joint efforts by tribes, state government, sport sind 

 commercial fishing groups and federal fisheries 

 officials. The treaty set up an administrative 

 mechanism ~ in which the tribes have a strong 

 voice — for cooperative management and protection 

 of each nation's fish. 



A cooperative system of watershed planning 



developed in 1986 by the tribes and the state 



Departments of Fisheries and Wildlife. The 



process aims to manage and enhance salmon 



fisheries on a watershed basis. The tribes and 



the state departments solicited public comments, 



held hearings, developed sub-regional work 



teams that identified goals and objectives and 



problems and opportimities for each watershed, 



jmd have since developed Comprehensive 



Resource Production and Management Plans for 



each drainage. These plans receive constant 



updating in light of results and changes in resource conditions. Such 



cooperative, ongoing planning £uid management efforts accord with 



tribal aims through the Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program to 



apply cooperative techniques to solving water quality problems on a 



watershed or ecosystem basis. 



The Timber/ Fish/ Wildlife Agreement of 1986 by which tribes, state 

 agencies, environmentalists and private timber owners seek to find 

 regulatory and voluntary ways to protect streams 

 and watersheds from the impacts of logging. Water 

 quality impacts from timber harvest practices remain 

 a main concern of all the tribes. The Timber/ Fish/ 

 Wildlife Agreement affords a cooperative way to 

 apply best-management practices to timber harvests. 



'We are very encouraged by and support the Itilies' 

 ettoils to expand their paitidpalion. Invotvemenl 

 and expertise in water quality issues We advocate 

 coordinated cooperative etiorts to develop solutions 

 to water pollution problems on a watershed/ 

 ecosystem basis The resources of the stale will be 

 served by greater participation by tribal governments 

 in protecting water quality ■•• Joseph Btom, D/recfor, 

 Washington Department ot Fisheries 



The protection of ourstate's natural resources requires 

 that the slate and tribes worit closely together. It Is 

 imperabve that the tribes obtain the level ot funding 

 needed to make this partnership wot1( Without this 

 support the natural resources of our stale will surely be 

 seriously diminished." -• Curt Smilch, Director, 

 Washington Department ot WUdlite 



The Centenrual Accord of 1989 between the tribes 



and the State of Washington, which recognizes and 



respects the sovereignties of tribes. The pact also 



institutionalizes a govemment-to-goverrunent relationship between 



the state and the tribes. This agreement infuses tribal determination to 



deal with water quality problems in coordinated, cooperative 



approaches that tremscend boundaries. 



Tribes have played a key rde in our consensus 

 approach to controversial natural resource issues in 

 Washington slate. Their partk:ipat)on benefits ml just 

 tf« tribes, but everyone in our state wtw is concerned 

 about protecting our environment II is critical that they 

 have the funding to continue their important 

 contributions.' ~ Brian Boyle. Washington State 

 Conmissioner ot Public Lands. 



