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Tribes Praise Approval Of Aquatic Reserve Expansion At Cherry Point


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In what's being praised by local tribes as a renewed victory for tribal treaty rights, Washington state's Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve is gaining 45 acres that were once left out for possible development. The reserve, located north of Bellingham, has cultural significance for the Lummi Nation, which requested the expansion. The 45 acres are a T-shaped cutout that was originally left out of the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve to accommodate the proposed Gateway Pacific shipping terminal. After the
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