Media Contacts
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Emily Heber
Media Relations Manager
Phone: (206) 971-4376
Email: emily.heber@tnc.org
The Nature Conservancy applauds and supports NOAA’s decision to allow the Makah Tribe to exercise its treaty rights to engage in whaling under the treaty of Neah Bay. The Nature Conservancy has a steadfast commitment to support tribal rights. We recognize that whaling is fundamental to the Makah Tribe’s society and culture. We also note that the relevant science demonstrates that Makah whaling activity would not represent a risk to the Pacific Coast Feeding Group of Eastern North Pacific gray whales.
Supporting the rights of the Makah and other Indigenous Peoples around the world is core to The Nature Conservancy’s values and supports good stewardship of our natural resources. The Makah Tribe has waited patiently for more than two decades to exercise their reserved treaty rights and preserve their cultural and spiritual identity. We fully support efforts of the Makah Indian Tribe to resume their traditional, ancestral and spiritual practice of whaling
Sincerely,
Mike Stevens
Washington State Director
The Nature Conservancy
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