Science Team
Science, the perpetual frontier
History
What do we do?
Who are we?
Products
History
Within the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) there has
always been a need for a sound, defensible scientific approach and response
to various issues. This need is more apparent now than it has ever been.
In an attempt to formally organize its collective efforts across the various
Service offices that are involved with broad scale, scientific issues
that would be best addressed utilizing a diversity of expertise, Region
1 of the Service formed the Science Team (ST). The Science Team was formed
in May 2003. It consists of nine members, all from the USFWS with representation
from Fisheries and Ecological Services as well as Region 1 and Region
6.
What does the
Science Team do?
The ST receives direction from the regional office (RO). If the RO determines
that a given issue is scientific in nature, substantial in scope, and
requires the collective (rather than specific or local) scientific expertise
of the Service then the RO may choose to involve the ST. Through a comprehensive
assessment, analysis and review of the best available science, the ST
serves to provide a sound approach and defensible response to various
scientific questions facing the Service. Products from the ST allow the
Service to make policy or management decisions based on the best available
science. Products from the ST are peer-reviewed by experts from (for example)
federal agencies, states, tribes, academia and industry. The rigor of
this process helps insure that Service decisions concerning the management
and conservation of a species or ecosystem are well informed by the available
science.
Who is the Science
Team?
| Name |
Division |
Location |
Tenure |
| Jody Brostrom |
Fisheries |
Ahsahka, ID |
May 2003-present |
| Don Campton |
Fisheries |
Longview, WA |
May 2003-February 2004 |
| Tim Cummings |
Fisheries |
Vancouver, WA |
May 2003-present |
| Judy Delavergne |
Ecological Services |
Wenatchee, WA |
May 2003-present |
| Wade Fredenberg |
Ecological Services |
Creston, MT |
May 2003-present |
| Howard Schaller |
Fisheries |
Vancouver, WA |
May 2003-present |
| Tim Whitesel |
Fisheries |
Vancouver, WA |
May 2003-present |
| Paul Wilson |
Fisheries |
Vancouver, WA |
May 2003-present |
| Gayle Zydlewski |
Fisheries |
Longview, WA |
May 2003-present |
Products
- Bull
Trout Recovery Planning: A review of the science associated with population
structure and size, Version 2; May, 2004 (pdf 521kb)
correction to Page 30.
NEW LANGUAGE: This differentiation occurs between (a) mid-Columbia River (John Day, Umatilla, Walla Walla rivers), lower Snake River (Clearwater, Grande Ronde, Imnaha rivers, etc.) as well as upper Snake River (Boise, Malheur, Jarbidge rivers, etc.) populations and (b) upper Columbia River (Methow, Clark Fork, Flathead rivers, etc.) populations (Spruell et al. 2003).
OLD LANGUAGE: This differentiation occurs between (a) mid-Columbia (John Day, Umatilla, Walla Walla), lower Snake River (Clearwater, Grande Ronde, Imnaha rivers, etc) populations and (b) upper Columbia (Methow, Clark Fork, Flathead River, etc.), upper Snake River (Boise River, Malheur River, Jarbidge River, etc.) populations (Spruell et al. 2000; Spruell et al. 2003).
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