House Bill 191 to change coastal management program has tough going

Commissioner Irwin testified the goal of HB 191 is to make everything the same; project coordination office will be established in DNR

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

House Bill 191 made it out of the House Special Committee on Fisheries March 26 over the objections of the committee’s two Democrats and in the face of a storm of protest from fishing interests and coastal communities, who told the committee that with the elimination of coastal resource service area....