About seven years ago when I fished a state owned public access site at
Rinegold on the Columbia River, across from Hanford, anyone on that state
public access property was required to have a Conservation License. They
checked fishermen for this item in addition to the fishing license, punch
cards, etc. The last time (over a year ago) I was at the public fishing
access site by the fish hatchery on the Green River across from the Kanaskat-
Palmer State Park, it also was posted that anyone on the property was required
to have the Conservation License in order to access the site for any reason.
I suspect that this is also the case for hunters on state property as well.

I didn't find a telephone number for the Washington Fish and Wildlife in the
phone book, just and address, so I can't confirm that both hunters and
fishermen are also required to have the Conservation License, but if they are,
its possession should be uniformly enforced.

As for the "warden" that Ruth Sullivan encountered, those who have ever
checked me for a fishing license have always worn patches on their shirt or
jacket that readily identified them as the Fish and Wildlife Department.

Jim Brewster
Kent Washington