WA State Fish and Wildlife Commission

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"He said he weathered all of the same attacks in the mid-1990s, when Okanogan County Republicans were worked up over a proposed international park, and started, he said, seeing black helicopters.
"I don’t think this is about me. I think it’s about them. Every 15 years, the right wing of Okanogan County has to show just how out of touch it is, and I’m their whipping boy,” he said."

I've got a few folks I'd love to get appointed to the Commission. At least they would represent the values of Eastern Washington.

#Fish #Wildlife #Commission #wolf #plan #Okanogan #County #Kretz #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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WA Wolf Plan

Yakima Herald-Republic:: hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_MANAGING_WOLVES...FAULT

This is not good news at all. The plan and the EIS failed to consider the economic impacts associated with wolves, failed to properly address public health concerns and the Commission failed to coordinate with local governmental entities. Looks like it's time for new legislation.

#Fish #Wildlife #Commission #EIS #economic #health #impacts #legislation #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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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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