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IFPAG Update

Bruce Bolding called me today to tell me the WDFW director has reappointed me to IFPAG, so I will be the muskie community's representative on this body for two more years. It is an honor and privilege to represent you folks, and please feel free to let me know your thoughts and concerns about WDFW's fish management policies, so I can take that information to IFPAG meetings on your behalf.

IFPAG will continue to have 15 members, but a couple of veteran members are "retiring" from the board so we'll have a few new faces, and I look forward to meeting them at the next scheduled meeting on Feb. 23 in Olympia. The fall meeting in Ellensburg was canceled due to icy conditions in the pass, so this will be the first IFPAG meeting since last summer.

IFPAG's winter meeting traditionally is held in Olympia and is attended by top management (the director or assistant directors) and tends to focus on the budget.