Basically the lynx issue went something like this: If it could be proved that the Canadian lynx inhabited the Wenatachee or Mt Baker national forests(or any national forests) then the environmental extremists could close thousands of square miles to hunting and other forms of recreation. Not having any luck finding any lynx in the woods, some creative souls from the National Wildlife Service, the Washington DFG, and some other agencies, planted hair samples from a captive lynx, in the National Forest. They got caught through DNA analysis, and then claimed they were just "testing" the lab that did the analysis. Next time you get caught speeding, tell the judge you weren't actually speeding, you were just "testing" the local police.

I'm not claiming that all the details mentioned above are exactly correct, but that is the general story.