Hunting org sues WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife over delay in releasing public records

(The Center Square) – The Columbus, Ohio-based Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation has filed a lawsuit in state superior court against the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife. The lawsuit alleges the agency violated the state’s Public Records Act by slow-walking a public records request for 16 months. The nonprofit organization that defends the rights of hunters, anglers, trappers, and sport shooters initially sought public records in September 2023 regarding documents related to a meeting of the WDFW Commission. “The department has yet to deliver even a tiny fraction of the documents it identified as relevant to the Sportsmen’s Alliance’s…..

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