Thanks for posting the link. My wife has worked with NPAFC for many years and I met Guy when he was the commissioner representing Washington state on the NPAFC. The 2002 NPAFC meeting was in Vladivostok, Russia and I went along as a tourist. It was Guy's 65 birthday during the meeting and I was assigned the task of finding some place to have a small celebration. It was not easy, can't tell the story here, but it was a memorable experience. As the news article indicates Guy was more than a treaty-rights-warrior. He was a smart politician, a supporter of UW and worked to get funding for many research projects. He also worked hard to get tribal kids an education and help them to be successful in college. Steelhead fishing was a passion and he did practice CNR .

A comment about the WDFW Commission, it's work is about much more than fish. Hunting like fishing is part of the commission work but an amazing amount of time is involved with property management questions and the public's interactions with wildlife. The commissioners are chosen from various regions and should work to represent the people of the entire state.