Hunting for a clear conservation policy from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Hunting for a clear conservation policy from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Leadership at WDFW and its Commission must ensure that differences go to respectful dialogue so that decisions have resiliency over decades. Change must move us forward without leaving anyone behind. BY JEN SYROWITZ, CONSERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER I just returned from a soul-filling upland bird hunt on a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) area … Continued

Of cougars, science and public trust

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By Paula Swedeen, Policy Director Conservation Northwest has joined with the Humane Society of the United States and other groups to petition the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to amend its three-year cougar hunting quota rules finalized on May 1st 2015. The petition requests that cougar hunting quotas be returned to levels proposed by the Department in … Continued