Van Hine: A line is being drawn on the Chehalis, and it shouldn’t be between the tribe and fishermen

Van Hine: A line is being drawn on the Chehalis, and it shouldn’t be between the tribe and fishermen

There is a line being drawn on the Chehalis River. But I don’t believe that line should be drawn between the Chehalis Tribe and recreational fishermen.The current dispute over recreational fishing access to roughly 10 miles of the Chehalis River (from South Bank Road near Oakville upstream to Moon Road Southwest near Helsing Junction) is understandably being framed as a conflict between tribal sovereignty and recreational fishing. I believe that…