Speaking of no big boy pants, I remember a few years ago, AG Grossman and Ron Warren saying WDFW was going to legally challenge the Skokomish tribe when the tribe claimed they had exclusive right to fish the Skokomish River and WDFW closed it to NI sportfishing. The State said they had a good case. What happened to that? Nothing since. Why didn't WDFW open the fishing and take it to court? A little off subject but another example of no action by the Department. Is it WDFW or someone higher up telling them not to take action on these different issues?
The last I heard about the Skok was that WDFW Director Susewind signed out a very detailed letter on 3 Oct 2019 to David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Dept. of Interior (parent to the BIA). In that letter he set forth the State's position and requested Secretary Bernhardt's immediate attention to reverse or at a minimum withdraw Opinion N-37034. In making that request Director Susewind pointed out that the State's recreational fishery on the Skok had been closed for four years and planning for the 2020 season would be commencing in Feb 2020.
So for Director Susewind......what has occurred since that letter was submitted? And if it has been ignored by Secretary Bernhardt what is WDFW's plan for moving forward?
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