From: KPAX.com
“Development of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan, as required by law, ran into a snag a couple of years ago when the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed suit. PEER was particularly worried when the Fish and Wildlife Service began floating the idea that it might use a “legislative transfer” to turn over management of the 18,000-acre wildlife refuge to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. "