Common use of TRIBAL PARTIES Clause in Contracts

TRIBAL PARTIES. This Agreement is not intended or designed in any way to deny, ignore or abridge any legal right, privilege or opportunity extended to any Tribe either by Treaty or through federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations. Tribal interests, needs and treaty rights pertinent to federal and/or state permitting of tidegate and floodgate maintenance and the recovery of ESA-listed Chinook salmon addressed through provisions of this Agreement shall be exercised through government-to-government protocols with involved federal agencies, as well as through any other formal and informal channels available to the Tribes as they deem appropriate, including opportunities for future dialogue involving this Initiative, MOU and Agreement through means such as the Skagit Tribal and Agricultural Accord.