Observers of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission see it as a body hampered by polarization, dysfunction and conflict, ...

Observers of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission see it as a body hampered by polarization, dysfunction and conflict, according to a draft report produced by the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.

Kim Thorburn, a former commissioner from Spokane, said the panel is broken, and that the report flagged several of its issues. “It currently is really dysfunctional,” Thorburn said.