How are you working with the Tribal Nations?

Engagement and collaboration with the Tribal Nations will be a key aspect of project development. The Tribal Nations with ancestral lands in the San Juan Islands have strong spiritual and cultural ties to salmon and other aquatic species in the region that includes thousands of years of access and use for religious/cultural ceremonies, subsistence, and for commercial purposes. The proposed project would be in the Usual and Accustomed (U&A) fishing area for the region’s Tribal Nations who were signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott. The team is meeting with these Tribal Nations to get feedback and share information throughout the project. We started these meeting 2 years ago and are continuing with these throughout the duration of the DOE/FERC process. There will be other opportunities through FERC for the Tribal Nations to give official comment on the project.