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Guest opinion: Hirst ‘fix’ is the wrong move

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Guest opinion: Hirst ‘fix’ is the wrong move

In a hasty move to “fix” the Hirst ruling, the State Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee are writing…

Guest opinion: Ecosystem out of balance

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Guest opinion: Ecosystem out of balance

All natural resources are connected and we are all connected to them, but most of those resources are…

Guest Opinion: Atlantic salmon must go

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Guest Opinion: Atlantic salmon must go

The backlash against Atlantic salmon farms in western Washington continues to grow as more than 100,000 of the…

Guest Opinion: No place here for Atlantic salmon

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Guest Opinion: No place here for Atlantic salmon

All Atlantic salmon fish farms in Puget Sound should be closed and future expansion plans scrapped following the…

Guest opinion: Sport crabbing needs in-season management

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Guest opinion: Sport crabbing needs in-season management

The same principles we use to manage many of our salmon fisheries should be used to regulate recreational…

Guest opinion: Let’s move past the culvert case

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Guest opinion: Let’s move past the culvert case

The state of Washington has made remarkable progress in the past four years toward meeting a federal court…

Guest Opinion: Conservation comes first

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Guest Opinion: Conservation comes first

An earlier start to the annual salmon season-setting process helped the tribal and state salmon co-managers finish their…

Guest Opinion: North of Falcon process underway earlier

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Guest Opinion: North of Falcon process underway earlier

The 2017 state and tribal salmon season-setting process got an earlier start this year.

Loomis: Trump should continue strong U.S. recognition of treaty rights

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Loomis: Trump should continue strong U.S. recognition of treaty rights

A wave of federal recognition of tribal sovereignty and treaty rights has reached a high water mark in…