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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2022, 08:09:33 PM »
  I'm at the point of view now were I consider myself a native of this land. I have done these things in the outdoors for my entire life, as did my ancestors. I will not stop because some stupid ass liberal wants me to. I will not stop because some stupid ass liberal says its "illegal now". F those people and their agenda. I will always do what i have always done
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2022, 08:15:53 PM »
  I'm at the point of view now were I consider myself a native of this land. I have done these things in the outdoors for my entire life, as did my ancestors. I will not stop because some stupid ass liberal wants me to. I will not stop because some stupid ass liberal says its "illegal now". F those people and their agenda. I will always do what i have always done
I was thinking how to say what you just said, you nailed it!! Call me a poacher when they outlaw hunting, I don’t give two F’s!!!
“In common with”..... not so much!!

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2022, 08:18:19 PM »
Amen brother
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2022, 08:39:06 PM »
To add to this....The states that go full libt@rd and outlaw things like this say like California did with the cat trapping and hunting just end up paying to remove the same amount of animals due to the obvious need to. There are still cats being killed in Cali but i guess the libs feel warm and fuzzy about it because instead of the sportsman doing it, its someone else? Doesn't make any sense. We will always trap beaver in Wa  because it is necessary to do so.
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2022, 08:46:45 PM »
Elections have consequences!!!  Support and vote for Socialist/Eco-Freaks, what did anyone expect the outcome to be!!!???

Today's news cycle is proof enough we are in deep do do!!!  Thanks, all you liberal voting Dems!! :mor:
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2022, 08:57:23 PM »
This country has definitely shat the bed the last 2 years
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2022, 09:23:54 PM »
But what about the Orca's!
Every time a beaver dams up a spawning creek, no more salmon run there
When I was growing up, Quilceda creek ran along side and across the back of the property
Lots of beavers around
Every spring the WDFW would show up with a truckload of dynamite and blow all the dams sky high
Now that the Tulalips have their own hatchery, the whole area is a permanent flood plain
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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2022, 09:41:40 PM »
Melanie Rowland, J.D.
Commissioner Rowland
Melanie Rowland, WDFW Commission
(At-Large position, Okanogan County)
Occupation: Retired, environmental attorney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of General Counsel
Current Term: January 24, 2022 - December 31, 2026

Melanie J. Rowland has lived in Washington and enjoyed its stunning natural landscapes since the 1970's. She served in the Northwest Regional Office of General Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she advised the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on matters pertaining to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other federal environmental laws. While at NOAA she was a member of the NMFS national working group on the effects of climate change on marine species and co-authored several publications on this topic. Since retiring from NOAA, she has volunteered as a member of the board and legal counsel for the Methow Valley Citizens Council.

Prior to her service with NOAA, Commissioner Rowland was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington’s Institute for Environmental Studies and the Law School, where she co-authored the country’s leading wildlife law treatise and taught courses in conservation biology and wildlife law. Previously, she served as Senior Counsel for The Wilderness Society, and as Assistant Dean at the University of Washington and the University of Puget Sound law schools. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Commissioner Rowland and her husband live in Twisp. They enjoy hiking, birding, and cross-country skiing in the beautiful Methow Valley. They also enjoy sea kayaking on the coasts of Washington, BC, and Alaska. She is an avid student of wildlife track and sign and is certified by CyberTracker.



For what it's worth. There is a member who was banned from this site who is taking the MVCC personal to task for destroying his trapline last year. The person who was cited had her arraignment and she showed up with a suit. They had a court date set in the next month. I'm guessing Rowland is not pleased that they have to deal with a trapper.

**Updated as I may not have been thinking of the correct member and don't want to detract from the value of this thread**

Good for taking the fight to them and maybe we can do something to support like get howl.org involved if this issue escalates beyond tomorrow's meeting.

@Ridgeratt thanks for the info on Rowland's profile.  For those interested here is the citation/location for her as well as the other commissioners: https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/members

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2022, 05:00:59 AM »
On the end of the article I read it mentioned about the Tulalip tribes work on relocating beaver. Then I recall a grant of something like 320K to relocate 3 or 4 beaver on the South fork of the Skykomish. What a freaking joke. It all falls in line with Rowlands personal agenda.
yep and I got hired to trap the tagged beaver in the town of skykomish as they had dammed up the culverts that go under the town to the river . Trap a nuisance beaver that was previously trapped for being a nuisance, makes complete sense

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2022, 07:49:21 AM »

If its the member I'm thinking of she'll sure confuse the heck out of them like she did to many of us here! :dunno:

That said good for her for taking the fight to them and maybe we can do something to support like get howl.org involved if this issue escalates beyond tomorrow's meeting.

@Ridgeratt thanks for the info on Rowland's profile.  For those interested here is the citation/location for her as well as the other commissioners: https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/members

Thanks,
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I'm not sure those are the pronouns "they" would identify with.

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2022, 09:16:54 AM »
What exactly is she,it or whatever they call themselves attempting to do ? Blue paper =?

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2022, 09:45:45 AM »
Remind her that they are prolific rodents. I think APHIS will freak if there are constraints on trapping, especially wco work. APHIS does not have the capacity to fill the necessary void if the wco workforce are handcuffed.  On the flip side I think this could expose the extreme and whacky agendas to to general public.  When society is impacted by ill informed policies it may help going forward. The entire state will be impacted by blanket protection of beaver maybe a better case to focus on than predators.  Predators are largely out of sight and mind of most,  beavers will cause mass destruction statewide.

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2022, 10:04:02 AM »
Remind her that they are prolific rodents. I think APHIS will freak if there are constraints on trapping, especially wco work. APHIS does not have the capacity to fill the necessary void if the wco workforce are handcuffed.  On the flip side I think this could expose the extreme and whacky agendas to to general public.  When society is impacted by ill informed policies it may help going forward. The entire state will be impacted by blanket protection of beaver maybe a better case to focus on than predators.  Predators are largely out of sight and mind of most,  beavers will cause mass destruction statewide.
im glad you’re speaking up on this issue you and I both know what would/does happen when beavers get in a area especially a urban area

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Re: Commissioner Roland is gunning for beaver trapping
« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2022, 11:05:53 AM »
WCO work removing troublesome beavers, their success is their undoing.

Quit trapping urban beaver

 


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