complete

the tough guy 225Hank Adams personal collectionHe may have targeted Ken Eikenberry in the 1990s, but Billy’srelationship with former Governor Dan Evans couldn’t have beenbetter. Once on the opposite side in the fish wars, Evans traveledto Maryland in 1992 to present Billy with the Albert SchweitzerPrize for Humanitarianism.Another example came in the mid-1990s, when Billy took thepodium in the old Executive Office Building next door to the WhiteHouse. “We are not interested in preserving salmon as museumpieces,” Billy told the crowd. “We are fishermen—we always havebeen, and we always will be. We need fish to harvest.” The June day in1997 marked the beginning of a new relationship between the UnitedStates and Indian tribes with issues involving the Endangered SpeciesAct.But behind the scenes, Billy had had a run-in with Bruce Babbitt,