WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled on Saturday to select one name from candidates being considered to succeed retiring Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson.

The agenda also calls for adopting new sportfishing rules during the meeting set for Friday-Saturday, Jan. 9-10, at the Comfort Inn Conference Center in Tumwater.

The new director will inherit a long list of issues, including wolf recovery, wild steelhead litigation affecting Puget  Sound, a list of saltwater issues, elk hoof disease in southwestern Washington, and a years-old internal rift stemming from the merger of the state Fisheries and Game departments.

The final recommendations for sportfishing proposals were presented to the commission Dec. 12-13  after comments were received on revised proposals in November.