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How about this Mission:Protest Mission (only a submission)To show the people of WA that the WDFW has adopted an irresponsible wolf recovery plan, not based on science and the experience of other states who have previously adopted wolf recovery plans, and to tell our government the WDFW has become disconnected from the sportsmen and women of WA. That in favor of animal rights extremists, the WDFW has forgotten the people who have paid the WDFW's bills through their license purchases, and have participated in the animal recovery and conservation efforts that have made our wildlife flourish, the hunters and fishers of WA.
Quote from: bearpaw on December 07, 2011, 11:09:38 AMMaybe someone else has some insight on specifically who the enemy is?I think some people are unhappy with the commission because they approved the 4pt rule in two whitetail units, or because they did or didn't do something else. That was an issue that many of us, myself included, had supported. My advice is this effort needs to be totally focussed on the wolf issue, something we all agree on. If we allow other issues to become involved it will cause us to argue amoungst ourselves and we'll be fewer in numbers and be far less effective. QuoteGood question. I'd say that we can do most of the work by teleconference or Skype without travel. I propose that we get a volunteer from each of the WDFW Regions to act as regional coordinators - 6 total. Each of them would enlist help from their area. Let's start with that.Please let me know by posting if you'll be the coordinator for your WDFW region 1-6.WFW already has a members-only forum and there are members-only boards on this forum where you can organize. My problem with the commission is that they approved the 4 pnt APR without any science, while ignoring the WDFW biologists. If they can ignore the bios in that case why can’t they choose to ignore the WDFW in the wolf case?
Maybe someone else has some insight on specifically who the enemy is?I think some people are unhappy with the commission because they approved the 4pt rule in two whitetail units, or because they did or didn't do something else. That was an issue that many of us, myself included, had supported. My advice is this effort needs to be totally focussed on the wolf issue, something we all agree on. If we allow other issues to become involved it will cause us to argue amoungst ourselves and we'll be fewer in numbers and be far less effective. QuoteGood question. I'd say that we can do most of the work by teleconference or Skype without travel. I propose that we get a volunteer from each of the WDFW Regions to act as regional coordinators - 6 total. Each of them would enlist help from their area. Let's start with that.Please let me know by posting if you'll be the coordinator for your WDFW region 1-6.WFW already has a members-only forum and there are members-only boards on this forum where you can organize.
Good question. I'd say that we can do most of the work by teleconference or Skype without travel. I propose that we get a volunteer from each of the WDFW Regions to act as regional coordinators - 6 total. Each of them would enlist help from their area. Let's start with that.Please let me know by posting if you'll be the coordinator for your WDFW region 1-6.
Quote from: pianoman9701 on December 07, 2011, 11:32:33 AMHow about this Mission:Protest Mission (only a submission)To show the people of WA that the WDFW has adopted an irresponsible wolf recovery plan, not based on science and the experience of other states who have previously adopted wolf recovery plans, and to tell our government the WDFW has become disconnected from the sportsmen and women of WA. That in favor of animal rights extremists, the WDFW has forgotten the people who have paid the WDFW's bills through their license purchases, and have participated in the animal recovery and conservation efforts that have made our wildlife flourish, the hunters and fishers of WA.I dig this one a lot more. More venom!
The organization of this protest is to include anyone who wants to participate. If we use the WFW to organize, would everyone need to become a member of the WFW? Some may not want to join and yet would still want to participate in the protest.
To show the people of WA that WDFW irresponsibly ignored the historical and factual scientific data in our neighboring states that was made readily available to them when putting together Washington's Wolf Conservation and Management Plan, as well as remining WDFW that their performance agreement states the following: It is unacceptable to base priority management decision on outdated, unverifiable information or personal opinion.
wraithen we are a voluntary effort and killbilly may be busy right now. I will ask him to check on your membership.Piano, I just checked the link and it appears to be working: http://www.washingtonforwildlife.org/cgi-bin/oc/register.cgi(the wolf issue was one of the reasons we started WFW)
I'm still trying to decide who to blame the most for the wolf plan. I may change my mind, but here is my list right now in order of who I blame the most:#1. The pro-wolf loving, anti-hunting, PETA supporting, liberal minded wackos. #2. The Governor#3. WDFW#4. The wildlife Commission#1. - we have no control over. There is no reasoning with them, but if it weren't for them we wouldn't be in this mess.#2. - The governor is out the door and she is not going to care about what we think, but I'm pissed at her because she is ultimately in charge of WDFW and the Commission.#3. - WDFW we still have a little control over since we are financing them by way of license fees. They are constantly screwing us and lying to us..........they piss me off. There are a few good people left there, but mostly it seems they have been infiltrated with anti-hunters.#4. - I thought the commission was supposed to be our ally. Seems they caved to all the support of the WDFW plan by the pro-wolf folks all across the country.
It is a matter of what best serves the political end game.
On the other hand Bearpaw, if everyone on this thread signed up for WFW, then most of the organizing would be complete. How many of you guys would object to signing up for free with Washington for Wildlife, so we could use the existing organization to expedite this process? I think it's a really good idea. Thoughts? Objections? Bearpaw, is the "join" page fixed today?