Author Archives: Claire Loebs Davis

WA Commission Buckles to Extremist Pressure to Reverse Vote on 2022 Spring Bear Hunt

WA Wildlife Commission Buckles to Extremist Pressure to Reverse Vote on 2022 Spring Bear Hunt Contact:    Samantha Bruegger, Executive Director, (970) 531-6720, sbruegger@wawildlifefirst.org; Claire Loebs Davis, Board President, (206) 601-8476, claire@animalearthlaw.com January 22, 2022 Seattle, WA – Taking advantage of two empty seats that Governor Jay Inslee is expected to fill any day, the Washington […]

UPDATE: WA Wildlife Commission Considers Reversing Vote on 2022 Spring Bear Hunt

WA Wildlife Commission Considers Reversing Vote on 2022 Spring Bear Hunt Taking advantage of two empty seats that Governor Jay Inslee is expected to fill any day, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission buckled to pressure from extremist hunting groupsFriday and voted to take steps to reverse its November decision not to hold a 2022 […]

Sept. 29, 2021, The Daily World: Dan Hammock, Wildlife groups call for changes at Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Washington Wildlife First sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee to appoint two new members to the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission, the request came after the State Auditor’s Office released a performance audit on the workplace culture at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to which Claire Davis, board president for Washington Wildlife […]