The newly created Washington Salmon Recovery Fund Board will be led
by Bill Ruckelshaus, former chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and a key figure in the recent resolution of the U.S.-Canada Pacific
Salmon Treaty.
Gov. Gary Locke on Thursday announced Ruckelshaus will chair the salmon
funding board. It was created by the 1999 Washington Legislature to guide
the spending of funds targeted for recovery activities and projects.
The 1999 Washington Legislature earmarked …
