Your right...Directors don’t get fired...they are asked to find other employment and the announcement reads “ resigns “.

I was at the Commission meeting when multiple tribal representatives told the Commission they were very upset with “the lack of transparency “ from Phil Anderson and his decision to settle with WFC and ultimately end the hatchery steelhead program without consulting the tribal Co-managers. They added they felt they could no longer work with him.

The Commission members were not real happy either.

So, in Phil’s own words : “ Deciding when to move on is a difficult decision,” Anderson said. “But after 20 great years with the department, the time is right for me to step aside.”

Phil was the architect of the culture of secrecy that we are still dealing with today. Ironic that it was exactly his lack of transparency with the tribal co-managers that ultimately lead to his..”decision to move on”