New Members of the Wildlife Commission

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I like their backgrounds, but don't know much other than what I read here. Any other views?

Gov. Inslee appoints two new members to influential wildlife commission

An influential commission overseeing the management of state fish and wildlife has two new members both of whom are retired biologists.

www.spokesman.com

 

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Update, looks like Lorna Smith was confirmed along party lines but the rest of the commissioners had pretty good support.

"Gov. Jay Inslee’s latest appointments, Woodrow Myers, a retired wildlife biologist from Spokane, and Steven Parker, a retired fisheries biologist from Yakima, were easily confirmed with 46 and 44 yes votes, respectively. Current chairwoman Barbara Baker, an attorney and former chief clerk of the state House, was confirmed on a vote of 32-17, while Molly Linville, a cattle rancher from Douglas County was confirmed 49-0."

 

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Update, looks like Lorna Smith was confirmed along party lines but the rest of the commissioners had pretty good support.

"Gov. Jay Inslee’s latest appointments, Woodrow Myers, a retired wildlife biologist from Spokane, and Steven Parker, a retired fisheries biologist from Yakima, were easily confirmed with 46 and 44 yes votes, respectively. Current chairwoman Barbara Baker, an attorney and former chief clerk of the state House, was confirmed on a vote of 32-17, while Molly Linville, a cattle rancher from Douglas County was confirmed 49-0."

And we're still fugged

 

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And we're still fugged

Can you expand? It certainly has to be an improvement, no?

 

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Can you expand? It certainly has to be an improvement, no?

the only way it is potentially better is that we traded a conservation minded, logical doctor for a former WDFW biologist, which may or may not be more beneficial that previously. Depending on how Lemkuhl votes (so far pretty westside aligned), and depending on how Steve Parker votes (though when I was with the Wenatchee Sportsman's Assoc I spoke to him for a while about his desire to be on the commission and, at least at the time, he seemed to support hunting) we're still out voted 5 to 4 or 6 to 3. The foursome of Ragen, Rowland, Baker, and Smith represent a solid wall of anti-hunting

 

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