Looks like the Tribes (and probably the NT gillnetters) got a new champion.

WTF is a rancher doing on a fish and wildlife commission? I get that ranchers have a big habitat stake, but it's for all the wrong reasons from a fish habitat perspective. Looks like a couple more foxes hired to defend the henhouse to me.

The fouled, well-defined and highly defended circle just got a little tighter? Have to say I couldn't agree more with you. The beat goes on...

Here is an archive of an article from the Seattle Times, 1998, when our NEW Commissioner was the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHWEST INDIAN FISHERIES COMMISSION: Pay close attention to his sentiments from his statement at that time.

1998 Seattle Times Article with Jim Andersons comment

No surprise here, at all. As the current Chair of the WDFW Commissioners has said from time to time..."it's just politics..."