Today is a day that we should all mark on our calendars!
WDFW IS SUED OVER SECRET MEETINGS!
After three long years of battling with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Commission and with the NWIFC, it has come down to this.
A press release that went out today from the Twin Harbors Fish & Wildlife Advocacy (THFWA)
ADVOCACY FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO WDFW SETTING SALMON SEASONS BEHIND CLOSED DOOR WITH TRIBAL CO-MANAGERS
May 10, 2019
For Immediate Release-
The Twin Harbors Fish & Wildlife Advocacy has filed a legal challenge in Thurston County Superior Court to the procedures used by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Department (Department) to set salmon seasons in Washington. The petition challenges the salmon seasons set by the Department in 2018 and 2019 as violations of the Open Public Meeting Act (OPMA) and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Joe Frawley, of the Olympia firm of Schefter & Frawley, and John Frawley of the Mountlake Terrace firm Frawley Law Office, are representing the Advocacy before the court.
The story and legal documents are available for review on their website
WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO GET OUR DAY IN COURT. THE THFWA IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED GROUP WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. BUT THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE COUNTING ON US TO SUPPORT THEM.
It's time for us ALL TO DO OUR PART. Here is a link to the THFWA site where you can MAKE A DONATION, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, TO HELP WITH LEGAL COSTS. ALL MONIES DONATED WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO HELP DEFRAY THE LEGAL COSTS OF THIS LAWSUIT.
DONATE NOW TO END THESE SECRET MEETINGS
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YOUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD. WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!