Merging the old WDF and WDG was a good idea because fish are still fish, and the merger reduced and eliminated overlapping duplication of effort. The Commission system is a good one, given that the most likely alternative is to have the governor appoint the WDFW Director, which every governor would prefer. If the Commission were eliminated and the Director was elected, like with DNR, hunters and anglers would be screwed at the ballot box because most voters don't hunt or fish. The antis would run the department.

The problem with the Commission, as hunters and anglers see it, is that the antis appear to have the governor's ear. Candidly, I think that is the trend of the future, with an increasing population and a smaller percentage of that population actively engaged in hunting and fishing. The only way to gain the governor's ear is to out-organize the antis.