I disagree, at least in part. Having staff with no PNW background and experience is, to my mind, a bad thing. One needs familiarity with the resources; needs to have touched them. They are more than simply photons on a computer screen or simple numbers. I think you also need to have an understanding of the Boldt Decision (what it actually says), ESA, and so on.

It needs to be learned experience, not simply told to you by someone preaching the Company Line. Getting rid of just Ron won't help; there needs to be a much more systemic housecleaning that starts at the very top.