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Northwest tribes: Treaties mean Trump can’t ax salmon funding John Ryan June 06, 2025 / 11:05 am
Northwest tribal officials say the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal would violate their treaty rights to catch salmon.
Among other cutbacks, the White House’s proposed 2026 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would eliminate the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Fund, the leading source of money for restoring the Northwest’s struggling salmon runs.
The Trump administration is asking Congress, which controls federal spending, to reduce NOAA’s funding to nearly half of its 2024 levels. While the budget proposal lacks many details, it singles out the $100 million salmon recovery fund and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, which had
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