Absolutely not sounds like you are experience qualified..

IMHO WDFW has been hiring based on "education" wherever the hell that took place(back east) and not on local knowledge of the actual situations and/or Washington based experience.

It's a joke.

I could hire the most degree qualified person on the candidates list and they wouldn't know jackchit about the present day problems because they are trained off ancient data.

Hiring some carpet muncher from Maine to deal with a fluid situation just won't work in the headwaters of WA.

That being said there are zero consequences or accountability at WDFW as long as you don't rape an intern so why even try.