[CPEO-MEF] NATIVE PEOPLES, BIOTA: Navy Hood Canal (WA) mitigation dispute

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Suquamish Tribe files suit over Navy's new wharf at Bangor

By Christopher Dunagan
Kitsap Sun (WA)
August 27, 2012


BANGOR - In a case involving tribal rivalries, the Suquamish Tribe  
has filed a lawsuit against the Navy and other federal agencies over  
their approval of a new explosives handling wharf at the Navy's  
Bangor facility.

Suquamish Tribal Chairman Leonard Forsman said the lawsuit was  
necessary to protect the tribe's treaty rights in Hood Canal, where  
the Navy plans to build a $715 million explosives handling wharf.  
Construction is scheduled to begin this fall.

The lawsuit seeks to halt construction of the wharf and obtain court  
recognition that federal agencies have violated the tribe's treaty  
rights.

The Suquamish Tribe was left out of mitigation agreements with four  
other tribes that have uncontested treaty rights on Hood Canal. Under  
those agreements, the Navy will pay nearly $9 million to mitigate the  
loss of treaty resources.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/aug/27/suquamish-tribe-files-suit- 
over-navy-wharf/

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Lenny Siegel
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