Basing the region’s salmon recovery efforts on “the best available science,”
— a phrase included in nearly every salmon-related state, federal or tribal
document these days — is easier said than done, according to a federal
researcher.
In a pair of papers published recently, Robert T. Lackey urges the Columbia
Basin’s fishery biologists to be true to their science and says both scientists
and policy makers must infuse their judgments with a greater touch of reality.
The first …
