Ok let me put it this way. Science by itself may not be political. But politics do play a role. Especially in the case of are own WDFW. Some biologist I worked with lost there jobs because of politics. Mainly because of one study which today I still cannot get my hands on. It was a study that originally proved warmwater fish in washington state were not as bad as this department has hollered for so many years. You may have heard something about it. Scott bonar basically stole it and moved to Arizona I contacted him At arizona state university and he said he would send a copy to me and he said he took it because it was unfinished which was B.S. politics due play a role in was science is let out to the public and also dictates which scientist keep there jobs. He tried to tell me that the study didnt look good for bass which after being on the study for three years I and the other bios new was total B.S . He changed it. Due to politics. The science our WDFW uses is bogus until they can prove to me they have changed.