WWC and HHC Endorse Brian Blake to fill empty commission seat

[JeepWrangler]

Thank you ASHQUACK

Well said.

[storyteller]

 

[hunter399]

Demo-crat
Yup lost me right there.

Inslee will love him though ,so you never know how things will work out.

I don't know him myself ,so I'm not gonna rant some rant.
But Wikipedia says demo-crat , politician,forester, those first two don't sound good.
But it don't really matter to me . We just don't want tie votes , that sucks a lot too.

[Westside88]

I've had numerous personal conversations with Brian Blake regarding wildlife management during his time in the legislature. I know that he has strongly supported hunters as the previous chairman of the House Natural Resources committee. I cannot think of another person in this state who has nearly the political experience, the lifelong dedication to hunting, and has such a good likelihood of being selected to serve on the commission. IMO - Hunters will be missing a great opportunity if they do not support a Brian Blake commission appointment! 

Thankyou for throwing your hat in for the ring.

I agree with you wholeheartedly Bearpaw. Brian is the one we need on the commission

[huntnphool]

I've had numerous personal conversations with Brian Blake regarding wildlife management during his time in the legislature. I know that he has strongly supported hunters as the previous chairman of the House Natural Resources committee. I cannot think of another person in this state who has nearly the political experience, the lifelong dedication to hunting, and has such a good likelihood of being selected to serve on the commission. IMO - Hunters will be missing a great opportunity if they do not support a Brian Blake commission appointment! 

Thankyou for throwing your hat in for the position!

 Is he voted in by outdoorsmen or appointed by beurocrats?

[JeepWrangler]

Hi huntnphool,

You can read about the process on the WDFW website.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission

Thank you

[Tbar]

I've had numerous personal conversations with Brian Blake regarding wildlife management during his time in the legislature. I know that he has strongly supported hunters as the previous chairman of the House Natural Resources committee. I cannot think of another person in this state who has nearly the political experience, the lifelong dedication to hunting, and has such a good likelihood of being selected to serve on the commission. IMO - Hunters will be missing a great opportunity if they do not support a Brian Blake commission appointment! 

Thankyou for throwing your hat in for the position!

 Is he voted in by outdoorsmen or appointed by beurocrats?

Appointed, but I'm guessing that was a rhetorical question.

[hunter399]

I've had numerous personal conversations with Brian Blake regarding wildlife management during his time in the legislature. I know that he has strongly supported hunters as the previous chairman of the House Natural Resources committee. I cannot think of another person in this state who has nearly the political experience, the lifelong dedication to hunting, and has such a good likelihood of being selected to serve on the commission. IMO - Hunters will be missing a great opportunity if they do not support a Brian Blake commission appointment! 

Thankyou for throwing your hat in for the position!

 Is he voted in by outdoorsmen or appointed by beurocrats?

Appointed

By King inslee himself.
I'll be in shock and ahh if the King appoints any hunter to the round table.

[Karl Blanchard]

He may if we ask nicely about 10,000 times. Or we can just continue to sit around chastising someone trying to do something to help us.....

[Tbar]

I've had numerous personal conversations with Brian Blake regarding wildlife management during his time in the legislature. I know that he has strongly supported hunters as the previous chairman of the House Natural Resources committee. I cannot think of another person in this state who has nearly the political experience, the lifelong dedication to hunting, and has such a good likelihood of being selected to serve on the commission. IMO - Hunters will be missing a great opportunity if they do not support a Brian Blake commission appointment! 

Thankyou for throwing your hat in for the position!

 
 I echo the gratitude for throwing your hat in the ring. 

[dwils233]

The simple truth is that his politics are not important in this position.

Does he believe in the north American model of wildlife conservation? Does he understand the mandate and his role within it? That's all that matters, and I think he does appear to be that candidate.

You can either support a candidate like this and tell your conservation orgs to fall in line or we can keep tearing him down and infighting over perceived disagreements. Honestly, that's what we should be relying on the natural resources confirmation for instead of just throwing a fit before he even gets a chance to be appointed

Meanwhile the anti's are probably 10 steps ahead of us. And always will be because of this exact behavior. They are running a marathon and we're too busy arguing about shoes.

[Karl Blanchard]

The simple truth is that his politics are not important in this position.

Does he believe in the north American model of wildlife conservation? Does he understand the mandate and his role within it? That's all that matters, and I think he does appear to be that candidate.

You can either support a candidate like this and tell your conservation orgs to fall in line or we can keep tearing him down and infighting over perceived disagreements. Honestly, that's what we should be relying on the natural resources confirmation for instead of just throwing a fit before he even gets a chance to be appointed

Meanwhile the anti's are probably 10 steps ahead of us. And always will be because of this exact behavior. They are running a marathon and we're too busy arguing about shoes.

  x1000!

Honestly I'm happy he's a D, because this is washington, land of democrats. It may be the only thing that can push him to the finish line 

[ipkus]

Mr. Blake,

We both know why your answer to my question wasn't more specific than "hatcheries and access".  So be it.

Look, I will bow out of the conversation.  This is a hunting website and I think from that perspective he is a great candidate.

I don't vote for politicians based on their stance on a single issue.  The whole package matters.  While F&W commissioner is an appointed position, the support a nomination receives can still help push them into the seat.

If you like fishing for species that are also harvested commercially, you've been warned.

Good day. 

[hunter399]

The simple truth is that his politics are not important in this position.

Does he believe in the north American model of wildlife conservation? Does he understand the mandate and his role within it? That's all that matters, and I think he does appear to be that candidate.

You can either support a candidate like this and tell your conservation orgs to fall in line or we can keep tearing him down and infighting over perceived disagreements. Honestly, that's what we should be relying on the natural resources confirmation for instead of just throwing a fit before he even gets a chance to be appointed

Meanwhile the anti's are probably 10 steps ahead of us. And always will be because of this exact behavior. They are running a marathon and we're too busy arguing about shoes.

  x1000!

Honestly I'm happy he's a D, because this is washington, land of democrats. It may be the only thing that can push him to the finish line 

Merry Christmas you all.
I'm gonna stick with the nothing nice to say ,don't say it at all policy till after Christmas at least.
I do agree that Democrat is a good point for inslee.
All Commission seats play into politics at some point or another. If the recent vote that stoped spring bear hunt doesn't show you this. Then it's way over your heads to see the bigger picture.
I've heard that saying at a lot of jobs in my life.
This guy doesn't need this training to do this job position.
Every time I've heard that ,I watch that guy struggle in till he learns it or fails,or gets hurt.

[buckfvr]

Hi huntnphool,

You can read about the process on the WDFW website.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission

Thank you

Nothing you read or hear and only half of what you see certainly applies to wdfw.  Again, the huge obstacle is how he is perceived by the governors vetting staff and ultimately he himself, the governor.  As necessary as it appears, Im almost sorry hes had to come on here and defend himself by showing/expressing his support of the very crowd the governor obviously disdains.  In this process, he may have actually taken a round to the foot.