The thing is, though, that I don't think most WA citizens give a rat's *ss about salmon, fishing, etc. It's available in the stores.

I tend to think that the Governor represents the interests of the majority or WA citizens who want water, power, food, transportation, and such. Boldt II scares them to death; the State has to grow, has to develop, and if that means doing the Tribe's bidding. Mike Fraidenburg had a paper on this concept a couple decades ago.

The people who actually support WDFW financially want that money spent to provide fish to kill, game to kill, and places to do it. The folks who like non-consumptive uses are happy to have somebody else pay for it.

There does need to be a complete restructuring of WDFW and it should be done in public.