"I don't come up with solutions" she says....

[cbond3318]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20150513/washington-state-plans-closed-door-wolf-meeting   

[grundy53]

sounds like a waste of money to me...

[4fletch]

We need more counselors to keep every body on track. How about calling her a community organizer is better said

[RadSav]

Apparently there is no need to improve our handling of wolves we just need to improve our handling of people.

Are we sportsmen really paying the state to hire a coexistence love guru for our wildlife department.  And then conduct meetings behind closed doors?  And then we are going to go on a field trip boys and girls.  If you all behave yourselves we can stop for some tofu and frozen yogurt on the way home!

I expect they will start with a good hearted group rendition of Kumbaya and finish with a fund raiser for the Sierra Club and HWCC.  We'd probably get more for our money had we hired Dr. Phil.

[grundy53]

Don't forget the koolaid...

[idahohuntr]

I think this is a good idea.  Break down barriers between people who normally would never talk.

[AspenBud]

Be assured, any future meetings open to the public will likely be in a few areas that are not convenient for most of the public to reach. God forbid they hear from all four corners of the state plus the middle. Oh sure, the "well if you really care" and "stop complaining and come say something" line will be spewed but when most people have a job and families that isn't going to happen unless it's close to home.

But this whole thing isn't about hunting or Washington. It's about NE Washington, cows, and animal rights people. What the rest of the state thinks or wants is really irrelevant to this group. Don't believe it? Note where they are taking a field trip to. It is only because money is on the line and a powerful lobby has howled that they are doing this. What's important to hunters isn't what it's about. The fact that HSUS and the Sierra Club are in the group tells you that right there.

[idahohuntr]

This group would be useless without the greenies involved...you have to have all sides.

[AspenBud]

This group would be useless without the greenies involved...you have to have all sides.

What you'll end up with is something like they had in Michigan then. Livestock owners might be able to get a permit to take out a problem wolf and no more. Definitely don't expect a wolf season and don't expect to have the right to take out a wolf threatening you, your family and friends, or your dog without a lot of legal problems.

If HSUS could ban all hunting today, they would. There is no compromising with them. That has been proven over and over and over and over again. I don't agree with a lot of the whacked stuff that gets posted here but when I see those four letters getting associated with WDFW and wildlife management I know things are greatly out of control.

Ranchers in the NE might get some help, big might, because money is involved, but expect no more.

[grundy53]

I agree.

[jasnt]

Apparently there is no need to improve our handling of wolves we just need to improve our handling of people.

Are we sportsmen really paying the state to hire a coexistence love guru for our wildlife department.  And then conduct meetings behind closed doors?  And then we are going to go on a field trip boys and girls.  If you all behave yourselves we can stop for some tofu and frozen yogurt on the way home!

I expect they will start with a good hearted group rendition of Kumbaya and finish with a fund raiser for the Sierra Club and HWCC.  We'd probably get more for our money had we hired Dr. Phil.

Be assured, any future meetings open to the public will likely be in a few areas that are not convenient for most of the public to reach. God forbid they hear from all four corners of the state plus the middle. Oh sure, the "well if you really care" and "stop complaining and come say something" line will be spewed but when most people have a job and families that isn't going to happen unless it's close to home.

But this whole thing isn't about hunting or Washington. It's about NE Washington, cows, and animal rights people. What the rest of the state thinks or wants is really irrelevant to this group. Don't believe it? Note where they are taking a field trip to. It is only because money is on the line and a powerful lobby has howled that they are doing this. What's important to hunters isn't what it's about. The fact that HSUS and the Sierra Club are in the group tells you that right there.

[mfswallace]

This group would be useless without the greenies involved...you have to have all sides.

 

[RadSav]

But this whole thing isn't about hunting or Washington. It's about NE Washington, cows, and animal rights people. What the rest of the state thinks or wants is really irrelevant to this group. Don't believe it? Note where they are taking a field trip to.

I assumed the location is because the wolfies have lost the public support in the NE and the wolf control support up there is strong.  So they figured the love guru could help tell the wolfs side of the story and bring about a Walt Disney coexist blue bird moment of clarity.  Wolves have feeling to, you know.

[timberfaller]

  lol!!  after reading some of the "comments" YOU can tell who is a "greenie" versus those who have some sense!!  YOUR never going to get "fair" or "balance" with those in the midst of decision making!!

It goes back to that liberal code word, CONTROL  besides THERE never was any REASON for the reintroduction of the Wolf,  all those YEARS ago to begin with! PERIOD!

But  out number those who have common sense!!!

[CAMPMEAT]

There ain't no stinking wolves in Ohio first off.....................