Leaders of the Squaxin Island Tribe of Washington say they can't support an intergovernmental water study of the Kitsap Peninsula.

The Squaxin Island council has complained that the Kitsap Peninsula Watershed Planning Unit, a committee of several tribes and local governments, ignores federal water rights and is too focused on people instead of fish. So council members appear ready to veto a plan that will bring in $400,000 over the next four years.

Other tribes on the committee say they will support the plan. The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the Suquamish Tribe plan to vote on the matter in the coming weeks.

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