STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:  )
                                   )
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF FISH     )
AND WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS         )    CASE 22297-E-09-3436
                                   )
Involving certain employees of:    )    DECISION 10343 - PSRA
                                   )
STATE - FISH AND WILDLIFE          )    CERTIFICATION
                                   )    Representation Election
                                   )    by Agreement of Parties
___________________________________)    

     Garrettson Gallagher Fenrich by Rhonda Fenrich, Attorney at
     Law, for the petitioner.

     Brad Garrett, Labor Negotiator, and Cindy Lerch, Human
     Resources Director, for the employer.
     
                           FINDINGS OF FACT
     
1.   The Washington Association of Fish and Wildlife Professionals
     filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a
     petition for investigation of a question concerning
     representation Project Fish Counters/Scientific Technicians of
     the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The
     petition was timely filed and was accompanied by a showing of
     interest which was administratively determined by the
     Commission to be sufficient.

2.   The existing bargaining unit represented by the Washington
     Association of Fish and Wildlife Professionals is described as:

          ALL NON-SUPERVISORY PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF
          THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, AS FOLLOWS: INCLUDING
          ALL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE JOB CLASSES OF
          ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST 1, 2, AND 3, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
          SPECIALIST 4 AND 5 IN THE FISH PROGRAM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
          SPECIALIST 4 AND 5 IN THE TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS PROGRAM
          (TAPPS); AND INCLUDING PERMANENT SEASONAL FISH
          COUNTERS/SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIANS IN REGIONS 3 AND 5;
          MICROBIOLOGIST 2; FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 1, 2, 3, AND
          4; FISH BIOMETRICIAN; FISH RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1 AND 2;
          RESEARCH ANALYST 1, 2, AND 3; AND DECISION 10343 -
          SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIAN 1, 2, 3, AND 4, EXCLUDING ALL TEMPORARY,
          SEASONAL CAREER OR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE WILDLIFE PROGRAM; IN
          THE FISH PROGRAM SCIENCE DIVISION (INLAND FISH  INVESTIGATIONS);
          FISH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DIVISION (MARINE RESOURCE UNIT, INLAND FISH
          MANAGEMENT SECTION); FISH PROGRAM REGIONS (FISH AND WILDLIFE 
          BIOLOGIST); HABITAT PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION; HABITAT
          PROGRAM MAJOR PROJECTS DIVISION; AND HABITAT PROGRAM REGIONS, AS
          WELL AS CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, INTERNAL AUDITORS, SUPERVISORS,
          NON-SUPERVISORY WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES EMPLOYEES (ON OR
          AFTER JULY 1, 2004), AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER BARGAINING 
          UNIT.

3.   All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the
     Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected
     employees a free choice in the selection of whether they wished
     to be represented by the Washington Association of Fish and
     Wildlife Professionals in its existing bargaining unit.  A
     secret ballot election has been conducted by Commission staff
     and a tally of the results previously furnished to the parties
     is attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been
     filed with respect to these proceedings.

4.   The existing bargaining unit represented by the Washington
     Association of Fish and Wildlife Professionals shall be
     modified to include the Project Fish Counters/Scientific
     Technicians for a bargaining unit described as:

     ALL NON-SUPERVISORY PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE
     DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, AS FOLLOWS: INCLUDING ALL
     PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE JOB CLASSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
     SPECIALIST 1, 2, AND 3, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST 4 AND 5 IN
     THE FISH PROGRAM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST 4 AND 5 IN THE
     TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS PROGRAM (TAPPS); AND INCLUDING PERMANENT
     AND PROJECT SEASONAL FISH COUNTERS/SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIANS IN
     REGIONS 3 AND 5; MICROBIOLOGIST 2; FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
     1, 2, 3, AND 4; FISH BIOMETRICIAN; FISH RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1
     AND 2; RESEARCH ANALYST 1, 2, AND 3; AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIAN
     1, 2, 3, AND 4, EXCLUDING ALL TEMPORARY, SEASONAL CAREER OR
     PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE WILDLIFE PROGRAM; IN THE FISH
     PROGRAM SCIENCE DIVISION (INLAND FISH  INVESTIGATIONS); FISH
     PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DIVISION (MARINE RESOURCE UNIT, INLAND FISH
     MANAGEMENT SECTION); FISH PROGRAM REGIONS (FISH AND WILDLIFE 
     BIOLOGIST); HABITAT PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION;
     HABITAT PROGRAM MAJOR PROJECTS DIVISION; AND HABITAT PROGRAM
     REGIONS, AS WELL AS CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, INTERNAL AUDITORS,
     SUPERVISORS, NON-SUPERVISORY WASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES
     EMPLOYEES (ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2004), AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDED IN
     ANY OTHER BARGAINING UNIT.


                          CONCLUSION OF LAW

The unit described in paragraph 4 of the foregoing Findings of Fact
is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining
within the meaning of RCW 41.80.


NOW, THEREFORE, it is

                              CERTIFIED

The Project Fish Counters of the Washington State Department of Fish
and Wildlife have chosen:


      WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS


as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining
with their employer.


Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  26th  day of March, 2009.


                         PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION



                         CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director