Wells only hope is to mess up Oregon. Even then, he cant get around NMFS, who already said, switch or lose the hatchery fish. Some of the oregon folks are optimistic about the governors race. The commission chair is retiring, and someone mentioned they could end up with Englund. I would not be surprised if both candidates have a short list of names for a new commission.

He cant delay washington forever. 2696 was a threat, but it also gave them cover, to not deal with the other legislation. They continue testing and go into negotiations with fewer mandates and rules to justify or work around. It wont be fun to watch... maybe.