Rick Sinnott was regarded as nothing more than a glorified wildlife catcher among most of his colleagues. This is why he could never reach Colonel status. Sargent Sinnott's resentment is painfully obvious with his unhealthy obsession of Doug Vincent Lang.  
Sargent Sinnott conveniently fails to mention in his utopia of commentary, both the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Association of Fish Wildlife Agencies, representing ALL 50 states came out AGAINST the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's new regulations. These new regulations had nothing to do with predator control and everything to do with controlling Alaska's wildlife resources. As Craig Medred pointed out, Alaska has lost 100 Million acres from state management in 6 months. That should scare all of us!  The movement of federalism among federal agencies is changing Alaska as well as the rest of the country in a direction where the states are individually losing their autonomy and Sargent Sinnott thinks this is OK.