Commissioner to talk

Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Bradley Smith will speak and answer questions at the Wednesday, Oct. 17, dinner meeting of the Bellingham Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers.

The dean of the Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, Smith was appointed in June 2009 to a six-year term as a Western Washington representative on the nine-member panel that decides fish and wildlife management policy, including all hunting and fishing regulations. The commission also hires the director of the fish and wildlife department.