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blackdog:
I wonder how this happened?
hughjorgan:
Former Governor Jay Inslee’s controversial last-days appointments of two Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members have been rescinded.
TIM RAGEN AND LYNN O’CONNOR. (WDFW)
Senate Gubernatorial Appointment bills for Tim Ragen, the citizen panel’s vice chair and former director of the US Marine Mammal Commission, and the recently appointed Lynn O’Connor of Ferry County, who replaced rancher Molly Linville of Douglas County, have been marked “returned to Governor” this afternoon.
That means Ferguson will have a chance to appoint two new members to the commission which oversees WDFW policies and hires and fires its director.
“I think this is a positive step in the right direction from the new governor,” said Ron Garner, state board president of Puget Sound Anglers. “Kudos to the Senate too! Big win for Washington State.”
Garner also credited strong tribal efforts to overturn Inslee’s decisions that came with just six days left in his third and final term and followed years of troubling appointments to the commission.
For the time being, it leaves the commission with seven members – Chair Barbara Baker of Olympia and Commissioners Jim Anderson of Buckley, John Lehmkuhl of Wenatchee, Woody Myers of Spokane, Steve Parker of Yakima, Melanie Rowland of Twisp and Lorna Smith of Port Townsend.
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/2-late-inslee-fish-and-wildlife-commission-appointments-rescinded/
Sundance:
With Inslee out and Ruth Musgrave no longer the Senior Policy Advisor on Natural Resources to the governor, who is the new policy advisor for Ferguson?
Bushcraft:
--- Quote from: hughjorgan on February 05, 2025, 02:28:02 PM ---Former Governor Jay Inslee’s controversial last-days appointments of two Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members have been rescinded.
TIM RAGEN AND LYNN O’CONNOR. (WDFW)
Senate Gubernatorial Appointment bills for Tim Ragen, the citizen panel’s vice chair and former director of the US Marine Mammal Commission, and the recently appointed Lynn O’Connor of Ferry County, who replaced rancher Molly Linville of Douglas County, have been marked “returned to Governor” this afternoon.
That means Ferguson will have a chance to appoint two new members to the commission which oversees WDFW policies and hires and fires its director.
“I think this is a positive step in the right direction from the new governor,” said Ron Garner, state board president of Puget Sound Anglers. “Kudos to the Senate too! Big win for Washington State.”
Garner also credited strong tribal efforts to overturn Inslee’s decisions that came with just six days left in his third and final term and followed years of troubling appointments to the commission.
For the time being, it leaves the commission with seven members – Chair Barbara Baker of Olympia and Commissioners Jim Anderson of Buckley, John Lehmkuhl of Wenatchee, Woody Myers of Spokane, Steve Parker of Yakima, Melanie Rowland of Twisp and Lorna Smith of Port Townsend.
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/2-late-inslee-fish-and-wildlife-commission-appointments-rescinded/
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It's so beautiful. Lots of strange bedfellows when it comes to politics in WA.
Garner is absolutely correct though...the tribes were clutch. Some people ought to remember that the next time they badmouth them. I for one appreciate them as an ally when it comes to fighting the anti-consumption nonsense.
fishngamereaper:
It's a start....small win.
But.... where's Ferguson's alliance's lie...
Who's on his radar...
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