The Mysterious $200,000

[Roslyn Rambler]

https://capitalpress.com/2025/11/14/washington-range-rider-gets-200000-fish-and-wildlife-wonders-how/

[Boss .300 winmag]

Here’s the PBS movie about him.

https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/wolf-land/?fbclid=IwVERFWAOFgQFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5CGNhbGxzaXRlAjI1AAEexnvgrhYYXfe0LuRNiEeo6T2bcOvNitfNEzWPhu2bR1xpkCt1ePeB_mpRtus_aem_zK1c-J7ukoYoEFNeyeroVQ

[builtfordtough]

What a bunch of bs

[ghosthunter]

What a bunch of bs

Tax dollars at work. What a joke.

[Dan-o]

I've never raised cattle, so my opinion aint worth much.

But I can't believe putting a guy on horseback (40 hrs/week) is gonna do much to deter wolves once they've gotten a taste for livestock.
Seems like just one more incredible waste of tax dollars to me.

[Caseyd]

I've never raised cattle, so my opinion aint worth much.

But I can't believe putting a guy on horseback (40 hrs/week) is gonna do much to deter wolves once they've gotten a taste for livestock.
Seems like just one more incredible waste of tax dollars to me.

Correct. Pretty much a dude getting paid $200k to ride around for 40hrs a week.

[Twispriver]

I don't believe that there is any requirement to spend money just because it was included in a paper budget. Local governments cut and amend budgets all the time but that seems to be a foreign concept at the state level.

[bearhunter99]

I don't believe that there is any requirement to spend money just because it was included in a paper budget. Local governments cut and amend budgets all the time but that seems to be a foreign concept at the state level.

Unless they sent him a contract for $200k lump sum.  Doesn't sound like they sent him any contract at all.  Just because it is in the budget doesn't mean squat unless there is a contract or financial services won't cut a check.

[timberfaller]

 

WDFW and the Anti's scratching one others backs!!

This way they can have some peace with the extremist in Olympia.

You all know, if you are out range riding, wolves will run away!! don't ya!!

[Jake Dogfish]

This isn’t as bad as the story several years back when the range riders they were paying were at the casino. 

[chukarchaser]

Really how so? 

[Ridgeratt]

Waste and Fraud at the local level,

[Dan-o]

This isn’t as bad as the story several years back when the range riders they were paying were at the casino. 

I remember that.

Seems they were submitting Range Riding time for times they were demonstrably in town.    Shocking.