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A Conference to Present Results of Olympic Natural Resources Center Salmon Conservation Validation Monitoring Scientific Panel Deliberations
Newspaper articles
Counting
Fish Crucial, scientists say
The Oregonian, December 1, 2000
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Search results COUNTING FISH CRUCIAL, SCIENTISTS SAY Summary:
Experts say efforts are doomed if reliable methods aren't used
to gauge the success or failure of salmon conservation programs.
Count the salmon or risk failure in efforts to save the fish, 15
prominent scientists say in a new report. The researchers
implore policy-makers involved in Northwest salmon-recovery
plans to place a priority on counting fish to determine whether
the programs are effective. Their recommendations are in an
84-page report to be released today in Olympia at a ... Full
article: 804 words
"Numbers
matter when it comes to saving salmon, scientists say"
The News Tribune, December 1, 2000
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article can be retrieved by searching the archives on the News
Tribune web site through the link above. Enter the title as
keywords. Summary:
[David Peterson] is co-chairman of a panel of 15 North American
scientists who will gather today in Olympia to make their pitch
to about 100 state and federal resource managers, as well as
timber industry representatives. The participating scientists
come from as far away as the University of Newfoundland in
Canada. "Most conservation plans and most permits issued by
federal agencies are ... Full article: 562 pages
"Scientists
say count of salmon must be a priority"
Eastside Journal, December 2, 2000 Associated Press
"Fish
Counting modes rapped in report today"
Peninsula Daily News, December 2, 2000
Counting
Salmon Crucial, say experts
The News Tribune, December 2, 2000 Associated Press
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article can be retrieved by searching the archives on the News
Tribune web site through the link above. Enter the title as
keywords. Summary: PORTLAND - Scientists say it's crucial that
Northwest policymakers make sure that counting salmon is a top
priority in order to determine whether conservation programs are
effective. The report's release comes two weeks before the
federal government is scheduled to release its official plan for
salmon recovery in the basin. The report also has implications
for a half-dozen salmon conservation initiatives and ... Full
article 382: words.
"Scientists
urge salmon counts to verify conservation efforts"
Register-Guard,
December 2, 2000, Associated Press
Scientists:
Keep count of salmon
Statesman Journal, December 2, 2000, Associated Press
Salmon
counts called crucial
Columbian, December 2, 2000
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article can be retrieved by searching the 2000 archives on the
Columbian web site through the link above. Enter the title as
keywords. Article ID: 2000337068 PORTLAND (AP) --
Scientists say it's crucial that Northwest policymakers make
sure that counting salmon is a top priority in order to
determine whether conservation programs are effective .In an
84-page report released Friday during a "Habitat is Not
Enough" conference in Olympia, Wash., researchers called
for recovery programs to include "validation
monitoring." The term describes a scientifically designed
plan to establish cause-and-effect relationships between
conservation programs and how the ... Full article, 485 words.
Report
calls for better salmon counts
East Oregonian, December 2, 2000
"An
accurate count's lacking in the fight to save salmon"
Eureka Times-Standard, December
2, 2000 from the Tacoma News Tribune
"Success
- or failure - of salmon recovery remains a mystery"
Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 4, 2000
"Here's
a Concept: Count the Salmon"
Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 12, 2000
"Monitoring
the Runs"
The Sun, December 17, 2000