Fudging scientific analysis re: grazing regulations

[yewberry]

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials compromised the integrity of a BLM study by removing scientific concerns about the effects newly relaxed grazing regulations would have on public lands. Millions of acres of public land in the western U. S. are protected by BLM grazing rules, which regulate when, where, and for how long cattle may graze there.

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Erick Campbell and Bill Brookes are both recently retired scientists, each with more than 30 years experience at the BLM. Campbell, a biologist, authored the section of the BLM study on the impacts of the rule change on wildlife and endangered species, while Brookes, a hydrologist, evaluated the impact on water resources. Both characterized the edits as an attempt to suppress scientific information. Campbell termed the matter "a whitewash" and "a crime." "They took all of our science and reversed it 180 degrees," he said. Brookes agreed, adding "Everything I wrote was totally rewritten and watered down."3

http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/interference/cattle-grazing.html


Niiiiiiice. Apparently, the new regs are supported by the cattle industry. Quelle surprise.

[Robeson]

1. Not surprising....

...this administration has turned reality around 180 degrees. What else can one say.