Study calls Commission 'dysfunctional'

[Hammsolo]

I imagine that pre-1990 most everything was done via back-room dealing. No email, no texts, no zoom. Oddly, everything seemed to be more reasonable then, with less extreme changes. Maybe citizens just figured ignorance is bliss and only the major stuff got a rise out of people?

I think it was simply “it is what it is.” We now know so much more. It’s much harder to hide in today’s day and age. When people see it as out of their control or favoring them they tend to let it go. We now know so much more and need to do something.

 

[Irrelevant]

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/03/wa-fish-and-wildlife-commissioner-accuses-agency-director-of-retaliation/

 

[SAJ-99]

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/03/wa-fish-and-wildlife-commissioner-accuses-agency-director-of-retaliation/

Certainly not doing much to refute the label of “dysfunctional”.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Wow. Retaliation? Really? Did they read the Knoll memo? The same Lorna Smith who told hunters “they should be very afraid” is a victim of bullying and harassment? Is expecting an appointed commission member to follow the law now a form of bullying?

Claire Loebs Davis believes she is being silenced and deprived of her 1st Amendment rights? This is the same person that hand-selected and approved every WDFW commission appointment under the Inslee administration. What a joke.

Looks like a Hail Mary on the way out as the investigation results will soon be revealed.

 

[Irrelevant]

Wow. Retaliation? Really? Did they read the Knoll memo? The same Lorna Smith who told hunters “they should be very afraid” is a victim of bullying and harassment? Is expecting an appointed commission member to follow the law now a form of bullying?

Claire Loebs Davis believes she is being silenced and deprived of her 1st Amendment rights? This is the same person that hand-selected and approved every WDFW commission appointment under the Inslee administration. What a joke.

Looks like a Hail Mary on the way out as the investigation results will soon be revealed.

Yeah I'm pretty sure Ferguson is going to remove both

 

[Irrelevant]

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/20/wa-fish-and-wildlife-panel-confronts-high-tensions-and-harsh-testimony/

 

[R.K.]

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/20/wa-fish-and-wildlife-panel-confronts-high-tensions-and-harsh-testimony/

That seems to be a much more balanced article than the 4/3 one, with more facts behind it. And said facts don’t seem to be painting the two commissioners in a very good light.

 

[Btap]

Our whole state is on a downward track especially when it comes to hunting/ shooting

 

[Irrelevant]

Our whole state is on a downward track especially when it comes to hunting/ shooting

Still the best black bear hunting in the lower 48.

 

[SAJ-99]

Looks like the plan is just to let their terms expire at the end of the year. We need to make sure we send a message to the politicians to push this in a better direction.

Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission probe finds wrongdoing, doesn’t recommend punishment

Washington fish and wildlife commissioners routinely disregarded government transparency laws, skirted conflict of interest rules, and sparred with agency leaders, but their actions and behavior did not reach the level of serious misconduct, according to the findings of a nearly yearlong...

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