I-2117 is a Bad Deal for Washington and Its Tribal Nations
From warming salmon streams to eroding shorelines, Northwest Tribes know firsthand the need to protect our lands and waters, and to defeat Initiative 2117,” said Suquamish Tribal Chair and President of the Associated Tribes of Northwest Indians Leonard Forsman. “We join together in strong opposition to Initiative 2117, which threatens the lands, cultures, and traditional ways of our region and our communities.”
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Kitsap Sun
Opinion: Historic duty to care for environment calls for ‘no’ on I-2117
By Leonard Forsman
The Suquamish people’s relationship with salmon goes back thousands of years. Our ancestral stories speak of the reasons we must care for our salmon relatives who, in turn, take care of us. Our duty to care for the salmon people and, more broadly, for the natural environment is why we are asking you to vote no on Initiative 2117.
In recent decades, we have increased our efforts to bring salmon runs back from the brink of extinction, investing scarce tribal resources even when we had little. The state is making serious investments in habitat restoration, protecting the health of our forests, and cleaning up our waterways, and we are starting to see the results.
But Initiative-2117 threatens that progress. Please vote “no” on I-2117 so this important work can continue.
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