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April 26, 2016

Feds deciding if coal-export project at Cherry Point violates tribal rights

By PHUONG LE
Associated Press

For centuries, Lummi tribal fishermen have harvested, dug up clams and fished for salmon in the tidelands and waters of northwest Washington state.

Now, the tribe says a proposed $700 million project to build the nation's largest coal-export terminal threatens that way of life. The tribe last year asked federal regulators to deny permits for project, saying it would interfere with the tribe's treaty-reserved fishing rights.


 
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