State and tribal fish and wildlife managers on Wednesday urged their
federal counterparts to take the lead in assuring that budget commitments
made in a 1996-2001 federal fish funding “memorandum of agreement” are
paid in full during that time period.
Members of the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority were briefed
this week on issues that plague an “MOA work group” formed to try resolve
spending issues. Chief among those issues is the desire of state, federal
and tribal fish …
