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6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« on: January 25, 2024, 04:00:35 PM »
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/6-tribes-request-gov-to-gov-consultations-on-wdfw-commissions-conservation-policy/

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s push to approve a new Conservation Policy for itself and WDFW appears to be going on pause after six tribes formally asked to consult with the state on the far-reaching guidance document.


The policy had been scheduled for a final decision by the commission tomorrow afternoon and might have passed, but members of its Big Tent Committee this morning agreed to recommend to the full citizen panel on Friday morning that they and the agency first engage in government-to-government consultations on the policy.
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2024, 04:40:28 PM »
I’m thinking after reading that article that we ought to be thanking the tribes

I hope any tribal members on here make it known to their respective councils that this Washington sportsman applauds their actions
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2024, 05:00:07 PM by MADMAX »
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2024, 04:53:12 PM »
We are very lucky they stepped up.

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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2024, 05:56:04 PM »
letters received this week from the Quileute Tribal Council, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Lummi Business Council and Puyallup Tribe of Indians, all of whom requested the Fish and Wildlife Commission “stop action on the draft Conservation Policy”

Thanks to these tribes for their participation in the process
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2024, 06:07:25 PM »
I’m thinking after reading that article that we ought to be thanking the tribes

I hope any tribal members on here make it known to their respective councils that this Washington sportsman applauds their actions
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2024, 06:21:55 PM »
Is this the conservation/preservation language change? Does this also change the predator management plan recently adopted? I feel like this was a miracle but i don't want to get my hopes up that this will improving hunting for anyone in the long run unless all the tribes unite and call out dimslee for approving these activist commission members.  The tribes should also put pressure on legislatures (if they can?) and endorse SJR 8208 publicly.

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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2024, 07:53:12 PM »
We are very lucky they stepped up.
Agreed.

Very encouraging to see them stand up to this commission. Thank you to those 6 tribes and their staff and leadership.

I also hope tribal leaders see the article the OP linked.  Very clear how anti-tribal Smith and Rowland are...both basically making the point they don't want to be inconvenienced by tribes.  I could not come up with a way to be more disrespectful...shameful.

Smith and Rowland said they wanted to see tribal consultations wrap up in a few months or before the end of the year – 2024 is an election, after all, and commissioners are appointed by the governor.

And Rowland, a retired federal Endangered Species Act attorney, also termed what happened today a “precedent that is totally open-ended in terms of our workload and how often we will need to do this.”
« Last Edit: January 25, 2024, 08:03:55 PM by idahohuntr »
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2024, 08:05:34 PM »
Too bad they didn’t step in with all the new gun laws

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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2024, 09:34:16 PM »
Too bad they didn’t step in with all the new gun laws

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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2024, 09:41:17 PM »
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2024, 10:14:51 PM »
letters received this week from the Quileute Tribal Council, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Lummi Business Council and Puyallup Tribe of Indians, all of whom requested the Fish and Wildlife Commission “stop action on the draft Conservation Policy”

Thanks to these tribes for their participation in the process
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2024, 12:21:38 AM »
I’m thinking after reading that article that we ought to be thanking the tribes

I hope any tribal members on here make it known to their respective councils that this Washington sportsman applauds their actions
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2024, 05:07:54 AM »
Pamplin’s counsel was called “absurd. It is absolutely absurd” by Commissioner Melanie Rowland of Twisp, who along with Commissioner Lorna Smith of the Port Townsend area had wanted to fast-track putting the policy in place as early as the end of 2023.
“When we started this, it was sort of innocent,” stated Baker, one of its authors, this morning. It was an effort, she said, to define the term “conservation,” which appears in WDFW’s 25-year strategic plan 44 times. WDFW already has a conservation policy, but this new one, she has also said, would provide “overarching guidance to inform a variety of Department decisions relative to budget development, setting priorities, and the management of fish and wildlife.”

ANYTIME Rowland and Smith are pushing and/or backing this you know it is not in the hunting and fishing communities best interests!! It should never be the Commissions responsibility to set quotas for the fishing and hunting community. It should rely more on the WDFW's own fish and wildlife biologists. The commission just looks to over step it's boundaries by using a personal agenda to accomplish their personal goals.
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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2024, 07:25:59 AM »
Its a great start, my question is where are the other major tribes?  Seems like they need to step up to the plate as well.

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Re: 6 Tribes step in over concerns about "Conservation Policy"
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2024, 07:57:20 AM »
I just got off the phone with Shane at Quinault Pride and asked him to thank the council for their input and efforts.
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