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Brain Storming "How to send the DFW the message"
Wacenturion:
On a more serious note..........WDFW has over the past 30 years bred into it's fiber, a mentality of "meeting" wildlife management head on. Key word "meeting", meaning they sit around in Olympia in meetings brainstorming all things biological. Problem is it's alot like talking about the grass getting too long and the yard needs mowing. Unfortunately it won't cut itself.
Talk is cheap......there are folks in WDFW making decisions that affect us, who's personal legacy will be that they attended a career's worth of meetings (3 decades worth), talked the good talk, and patted each other on the back. Every 10 years the lingo changes....new buzz words describing the latest management direction like resource allocation, responsive management, ecosystem management and others. How sad. If that was the result and contribution of one's career at WDFW, then we as sportsman just paid for a free ride on our license fees. That's what you are facing folks. Too top heavy with "wannabe" biologists/managers who contribute little in the overall good of wildlife management or recreational opportunity.
A complete direction change from the top is the only thing that will change that, and sorry to say, that's not going to happen any time soon..
Wacenturion:
An example of management coming from "meetings"........................from the fishing regs...................
"A new two-pole endorsement - which allows anglers to fish with two rods in most lakes - costs an additional $24.50 for adults; $6.50 for seniors."
For as long as I can remember this was a sure way to earn a ticket, whether it was right or wrong. If indeed it is right from a fishery management perspective, leave it as is. If it is wrong and was stupid in the first place, then change it and allow two poles.
BUT..........changing it and charging those prices wreaks of "not sure what to do, but we can justify it if we get more money by allowing it. That moronic approach to management should tell you just what good hands our resource is in. Unbelievable!
Gringo31:
Solid points made...
flatbkman:
Quote: "1 Your $$$ (my personal choice)"
Do like those (the wolf advocates as an example) go about it. Have at least person assigned to each of the WDFW meetings to talk about a specific point that we as customers of the department want addressed. During their presentations at the meetings have them present to the commission signed petitions for support of their talking point. In addition to the specific persons assigned to the meetings, hire an attorney to be present at each meeting and have them present in legal terms exactly what we want done, and let the commission know if they don't listen to and accept our ideas and wants that legal proceedings may be involved in order to get them to see things our way.
Special T:
flatbkman so let me under stand your point? Take one point at a meeting so that it can be talked about in the 3 min they give you and thenhave a list of supporters? If i am understanding you correctly i like this idea.... We could take 3 people and main points and be at each metting....
I like the idea because it provides consistency and is brief in the time allotted.
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