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Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary,follow the instructions here.

This commentary is by Dan Galdenzi, a resident of Stowe.

If you’ve ever attended a Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board meeting, you’d have the sensation of being whisked away to another time long ago. It’s as if the people in the room have just been unfrozen from a 75-year deep freeze and think they are doing the people’s work from circa 1950.

Let me set the stage. The Fish and Wildlife Board members are political appointees with one board member from each of the 14 counties in Vermont. This board exists to ostensibly represent the people of their respective…