Against my better judgement I threw my name in the hat for the WDFW Commission vacancy in my region. I just received my letter I was not selected; guess I didn't have enough abbreviations behind my name and a little too much Sportsman in my resume. Well at least Uncle Inslee made a decision, wonder who got the call for the big show?
joliver
If you want to make a change you have to participate. From fellow sportsman I appreciate your follow through.
Here's the 'winners':
Here's the 'winners':
Retired Fisheries, Deer Biologists Named To WDFW Commission -
A pair of retired biologists – one a tribal fisheries bio, the other a former WDFW ungulate researcher – have been named to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the term of its current chair has also been reupped.
nwsportsmanmag.com
Thanks for trying. This state is in trouble and I hope the 2 nominated will help get spring bear back. I don’t bear hunt much anymore but just the thought of that whole elimination process was troubling when the science showed it was a sustainable hunt. WDFW to friendly on Predators including sea lions and harbor seals.
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I thought uncle inslee years ago was more sportsman oriented??? Maybe that was just a show.
He is about as anti hunter fisher as it gets nowadays
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Ya know, If we lied on a job application and the boss found out, we'd be fired. Think I hate liars more that most everything else.
Pardon for the off topic, but reading the above after taking a beautiful drive yesterday and seeing the water in the East Fork Lewis at Lewisville regional Park, the West boat ramp on the main Lewis at the hatchery and the Lewis river below closer to woodland. My question is, aren't there steelhead in those rivers? There used to be be didn't there? No sign of fishermen. A couple of pieces of old reinforced concrete that used to be a boat ramp laying in the river broken. No boat trailers at the West ramp at the hatchery on the Lewis. No fishermen on the other side at the hatchery. I haven't bank fished steelhead in quite a few years, but I could sure see the slot I would have fished in that tailout. What a shameful situation. Pay all the money for licenses and no fish to catch.
The two that were appointed are a step in the right direction. I have a friend that works in the state Senate and they were not apparently the first choice. The governors office got a lot of feedback on the commission through house and senate members. That was a result of us telling them as sportsman we thought they were failing us. There was also the threat of legal actions by sportsman groups to enforce the legal requirements of the commission as passed by the legislature (namely harvest and use versus complete conservation).
Moral of the story. Complain articulately and respectfully to elected representatives, and form and support sportsman groups that can multiply voices and take legal action if needed.
My letter said I was appointed to the Puget Sound Recreational Crab and Shrimp Advisory Committee.
Moral of the story. Complain articulately and respectfully to elected representatives, and form and support sportsman groups that can multiply voices and take legal action if needed.
My letter said I was appointed to the Puget Sound Recreational Crab and Shrimp Advisory Committee.
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Well I know I was far from qualified, but I did have illusions that a well-balanced sportsman that participates in most all of the recreation would be what the Commission needs. I believe we need outdoors people on the board that weigh the recommendations of staff not rubber stamp them. We need commissioners that have hunted bear, shrimped, fly fished, gear chucked, rifle hunted, shot gunned and stood on the salmon covered deck of a Paul Henneman wooden dory. The current definition of qualified for the commission continues to be those from admirable professions of doctor, lawyer or biologist. These professions are specialized by nature and easily influenced by implicit biases. They are often myopic in views and only endorse staff recommendations, not deliberate upon them. I will continue to volunteer and throw my name in the hat. I love the NW and what it has given; all I ask is others jump in to protect our heritage.
Sorry you didn't get it you'd be a little better than those geriatric fossils they have on there now! Not sure how you get elected to a fishing/hunting commission when you know nothing about neither! Oh yea forgot politics. My mistake!
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