Two appointed to state Fish and Wildlife Commission

OLYMPIA — Two Eastern Washington residents have been appointed to the state Fish and Wildlife Commission.

The two are fishing columnist Dave Graybill of Leavenworth and retired public health physician Kim Thorburn of Spokane.

The nine-member citizen commission sets policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms and are subject to Senate confirmation.

Graybill writes sport-fishing columns for Washington newspapers and has a radio broadcast. He is a member of Trout Unlimited and the Coastal Conservation Association.

A University of Washington graduate, Graybill’s term ends Dec. 31, 2020.

Thorburn has been a professor of medicine at the University of Hawaii, director of the Spokane Regional Health District and medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest.

She has held offices for the Spokane Auburn Society and Washington Ornithological Society. She was the department’s 2010 volunteer of the year for her efforts to bring sage grouse and sharptail grouse back to Lincoln County.

Thorburn’s term runs through 2016.