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2026 Hunting and Fishing (Treaty Rights, Subsistence) News Stories

Federal judge prevents Wisconsin Tribe from restricting fishing on nearly 20 lakes (Wisconsin Public Radio) 5/4/2026

Why the Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington is buying up farmland (NPR) 4/27/2026

Metlakatla's commercial fishing rights represent 'alternate reality' that Tribe hopes to expand (Alaska Public Media) 4/21/2026

Bill could lift decades-old funding lockout for Nisqually fish hatchery (Seattle Times) 4/13/2026

‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture (Northern Journal) 4/8/2026

Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs in on Tribal hunting, fishing rights dispute (KOSU NPR Oklahoma) 3/24/2026

Seattle spent years misleading the public about Skagit River salmon. Now it will pay $1 billion for fish passage (King 5 NBC Seattle) 3/4/2026

Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal (KUOW NPR Seattle) 2/26/2026

Southern Ute Tribe considers wildlife code changes amid enforcement gaps (Durango Herald) 2/11/2026

Attorneys squabble over half-century-old ruling on Native American fishing rights (Courthouse News Service) 2/11/2026

Gwich’in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development (Grist) 2/11/2026

Oregon, Washington and Tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon (ABC News) 2/5/2026

Salmon Rebound After Tribes Fight for Culvert Upgrades (Underscore Native News) 1/29/2026

More than a fish: stories of salmon and sovereignty in the PNW (Columbia Gorge News) 1/27/2026

The Endangered Species Act meets the Klamath River basin, with wretched results (PBS SoCal) 1/23/2026

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected State of Alaska's bid to reopen subsistence debate, what's next? (KNBA Anchorage) 1/16/2026

Muscogee Nation wages its own legal battle against state officials over hunting, fishing rights (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 1/8/2026

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