The Trump administration plans to rescind an EPA rule requiring states to consider tribes’ rights to fish, hunt and gather wild plants when establishing water quality protections — a policy the administration argues went beyond the agency’s authority. Finalized under the Biden administration, the rule provided an avenue for tribes to compel state and federal regulators to account for their consumption of traditional plants and animals when setting water quality standards. Those standards form the basis for protecting rivers, lakes and other water bodies from pollution. Under works for months, the agency is now close to moving forward with a proposal to rescind the rule, according to a notice Friday by the Office of Management and Budget.

Other tribal water and subsistence news:

• Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): Salmon is back on the menu at the Yurok Tribe’s 62nd Klamath Salmon Festival
• Lost Coast Outpost (Eureka, Calif.): Fish on! After three years of no salmon at the Klamath Salmon Festival, a limited number of plates will once again be graced with chinook this weekend