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This is apparently a landmark legal ruling regarding state responsibility for fish passage.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209930" dir="ltr">TS</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209930" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209930" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 19px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210396">"The Supreme Court, </span><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-269_3eb4.pdf" title="" target="_blank" style="border: 0px; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(50, 104, 145); -webkit-text-decoration-line: underline;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210397">in a 4-to-4 deadlock</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 19px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210398">, let stand a lower court’s order that the state make billions of dollars worth of repairs to roads that had damaged the state’s salmon habitats and contributed to population loss."</span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209930" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/washington-salmon-culverts-supreme-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" class="enhancr2_9339ed2d-138d-b201-e12d-d486b209f2c5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210225">‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides With Tribe in Salmon Case</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210233"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_9339ed2d-138d-b201-e12d-d486b209f2c5" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/washington-salmon-culverts-supreme-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/washington-salmon-culverts-supreme-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides With Tribe in Salmon Case</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">It’s an important victory for Native American communities, but other threats are chipping away at the salmon hab...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209930"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210096">==============================<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210097">==============================<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210098">======<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210099"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210100"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210101"><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/supreme-court-tie-favors-indian-tribes-in-washington-state/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/supreme-court-tie-favors-indian-tribes-in-washington-state/&source=gmail&ust=1528919010104000&usg=AFQjCNH6KKZ4e8Eka2IW59Sa2KDr9NrrtQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210102">https://www.seattletimes.com/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210103">nation-world/nation-politics/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210104">supreme-court-tie-favors-<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210105">indian-tribes-in-washington-<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210106">state/</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210107"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210108">At issue is whether Washington state must fix or replace hundreds of culverts, large pipes that allow streams to pass beneath roads but can block migrating salmon if they become clogged or if they're too steep to navigate.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210109"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210110"> By <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210111"> The Associated Press <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210112" href="">https://</a><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/author/the-associated-press/%3E" rel="noopener" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattletimes.com/author/the-associated-press/%253E&source=gmail&ust=1528919010104000&usg=AFQjCNFfSAExKnywPcMnJ8WzsSsbJ3cJMQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210113">www.seattletimes.com/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210114">author/the-associated-press/></a>; 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<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210146"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210147">2017: Washington state loses big legal battle over salmon culverts <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210148" href="">https://</a><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-state-loses-big-legal-battle-over-salmon-culverts/%3E" rel="noopener" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-state-loses-big-legal-battle-over-salmon-culverts/%253E&source=gmail&ust=1528919010104000&usg=AFQjCNFL3YHLjOkG-X69X8VSlaDMb7pWhg" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210149">www.seattletimes.com/<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210150">seattle-news/washington-state-<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210151">loses-big-legal-battle-over-<wbr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210152">salmon-culverts/></a>; <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210153"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210154">The justices divided 4-4 <span data-term="goog_879562354" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210155"><span style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210156">Monday</span></span> in the long-running dispute that pits the state against Indian tribes and the federal government.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210157"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210158">The tie serves to affirm a lower court ruling in favor of the tribes. Justice Anthony Kennedy stepped aside from the case because he participated in an earlier stage of it when he served on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210159"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210160"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210161">At issue is whether Washington state must fix or replace hundreds of culverts. Those are large pipes that allow streams to pass beneath roads but can block migrating salmon if they become clogged or if they’re too steep to navigate.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210162"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210163">The Associated Press</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210164"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210165"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210166"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_210167"></span></span></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209939"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528744280502_209947" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></body></html>