Tulalip Tribes In Lieu Fee mitigation approved
The first the Native American In-Lieu Fee program for aquatic resource impacts and compensatory mitigation in the nation was approved Nov. 26 by Seattle District Commander Col. Bruce Estok, Mel Sheldon, chairman of the Tulalip Tribes, and David Allnutt, Director of the EPA Office of Ecosystems, Tribal and Public Affairs (shown from left to right at Tulalip Tribes offices).