WDF&W should receive enough funding to deal with all the requirements needed to ensure that sportsmen have the best possible experience for the buck. Contantly hacking programs is not the way to accomplish this. WDF&W cuts programs because the legislature has other priorities, some of which are critical and others that are boondoggles of the first order.
Don't ever believe that there is not enough money floating around Olympia to properly fund the WDF&W. Certainly something will have to give in order for the WDF&W to get. That is the name of the political game.
We do need to rally the troops in order to support WDF&W whether we sling bait, hardware or flies over our favorite steelhead waters. We still have to keep an eye on WDF&W however.
Right now there is a movement to place a state legislature oversight committee in charge of the Fish and Wildlife Commission. We sure don't need even further meddling and niggling from the legislature. This issue requires attention now and is being examined by several advocacy groups including the Wild Steelhead Coalition.
Les Johnson