![U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, center left, during a tour of the Cooks Landing in-lieu site on May 3. Photo by Chris Aadland/Underscore.news and Indian Country Today](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/zAXoCHdlESMxjuIsUKGzfZpWzrY=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/AOVI3KZC65B7JLWGPIQWTGGASM.jpg)
Inadequate sewer and power systems, unsuitable housing or shelter, increasing crime, lack of internet or cell phone service, drinking water wells that are easily contaminated, and abandoned vehicles and boats — those are just some of the problems that have stacked up for managers of the 31 so-called “in-lieu” and “treaty fishing access sites” along the Columbia River.