Key flaws must addressed if the ongoing National Marine Fisheries Service
scientific analysis is to provide the underpinnings for regional fish and
wildlife recovery action, according to a report sent to the agency’s top
regional official this week.
“Seven Questions About the Cumulative Risk Initiative” criticizes the
modeling effort’s methods and data as steering the region toward overly
optimistic conclusions. The report was produced by Gretchen R. Oosterhout,
Ph.D of Eagle Point, Ore.,
