2011 2nd Special Legislative Session Day 5

I really don't know where to begin today's post. Hmm, let's see ... we still haven't done a dang thing in Olympia. Today was filled with committee meetings, but no votes were taken for the 5th straight day. We did get to start moving into our new offices and they are really nice. My office window looks directly onto the Capital Dome ... sweet!

Next week looks to be as exciting as this week was. Floor action on Monday and (as of right now) nothing but committee meetings the rest of the week. {sigh}

Bruce and I are doing a tele-townhall on Thursday, which is a great way to hear from constituents back home.

We're waiting to see what the Fish and Wildlife Commission does with the draft Wolf Management Plan. Several of us sent a letter to the Commission asking them to table the decision until after the US Fish and Wildlife Service completes their assessment in February. Hopefully they'll table it, but if they don't we'll begin looking at ways to stop the plans implementation. Folks, Washington State cannot support 15 breeding pairs of wolves. Not good!

Have a good weekend!

#Olympia #special #session #fish #wildlife #commission #wolf #management #plan #USFWS #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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ICRWA - Legislative Principles

 icrwa.com/Principle.html

I've been asked by a lot of people why we don't have a Contract with Washington. Well, in case you missed my post last week there is .. just follow this link.

I spent yesterday (Wednesday) listening to the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife and US Fish and Wildlife Services explain why they need to continue to purchase land throughout Washington. I'm still trying to piece it all together, but the agencies responses included things like "internationally significant species", "internationally significant habitat" and "corridors important for habitat linkage".

Stay tuned there will be a lot more on this.

 #GOP  #15th  #District  #Rep  #David  #Taylor  #WDFW  #USFWS  #habitat http://chum.ly/n/2c527d