I agree that the Governor's office has no business getting directly involved in salmon management, but there's nothing in the rules that says they can't do so, and in the end, everyone answers to the Governor, so he would be a good "friend" to have in any political discussion.

Something I'm not sure we're all aware of is that, as it stands, the commission has ZERO authority to affect policy. Their scope of influence is strictly advisory. At the end of the day, the WDFW Director is the decider. He's Governor-appointed, so you can assume whatever Unsworth decides is in line with what that office would have him decide. Perhaps Ms. Sharp went straight to the top when the heat got turned up on NOF last year. If so, that was smart, and apparently effective.

I feel like the commission has done the best it can to support us. Unfortunately, advice can't help us if WDFW chooses not to follow it.