Furore over scientists' 'Lynx bio-fraud' raises eyebrows in fisheries

FIS.com ^ | 1-14-2002 | Quentin Dodd

[hattend]

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[hattend]

Koenings said the two department biologists have now been "barred from further research work," and he and three other top scientific officials for WDFW said the department must now work hard to re-establish its public credibility.

Mr Koenings, your credibility would go up a bit if you asked the two biologists to look for work elsewhere. How do we know they won't do future research work? Because you tell us so? Don't make me laugh.

[MeekOneGOP]

The furore over how government biologists in Washington State contaminated an endangered-wildlife study with "planted" hair from a lynx has sent reverberations through fisheries organisations around the United States.

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I wondered if this might be a relative of yours?. . .

[Justanumba]

I agree with you. WHY WEREN'T THEY IMMEDIATELY FIRED? Is he sympathetic with researchers who fake data? How many more of these frauds have been perpetuated? It is typical Marxist "the ends justify the means" thinking.

The local news showed acontroversy in the Seattle area recently. Environmentalists were trying to stop a highway on ramp project. They said that there were 14 endangered Western Gray Squirrels living in a tree that was going to have to be removed. Apparently, the Western Gray Squirrel had been replaced by the influx of the Eastern Gray Squirrel. They showed pictures of both squirrels and funnily enough they look absolutely identical! The announcer then said that only a biologist could tell them apart. (Sounds reminiscent of the Salmon).

They can obviously interbreed. So what does it matter? Is anyone going to miss the Western Gray Squirrel if and when it is replaced by the Eastern Gray Squirrel? No. No one will be able to tell the difference! Least of all the squirrel's themselves.

I don't know how this story resolved itself, since I just saw it on the tube a while back, but honestly, common sense doesn't enter into the equation with Enviros.

[Vob]

The problem is far worse than most freepers realize. The fisheries I participate in are being slowly destroyed. Central planning is destroying businesses and families that live along the Gulf of Mexico. The big push now for Marine Protected Areas is almost identical to the land grab in the west. It is sad to see it happen.

[pointsal]

SO WHAT'S NEW.... THE SLIMEY CHARACTERS ARE CROOKS IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. WHERE IS THE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY.... PROBABLY IN HOPE, ARKANSAS.

[sistergoldenhair]

How do we know they won't do future research work?

Maybe not at this institution. Even so, they will be able to influence others.
It seems this brand of science is widespread at these institutions.
These people are likely to remain role models for the wacko pseudo scientists for some time to come.
These "scientists" should be barred from working in their chosen field permanently.

[mafree]

Ping! Thanks.

[Zon]

 There have been examples of agencies refusing to accept the implications of scientific data from studies they have commissioned - instead skirting the truth in reports and putting forward flawed conclusions and recommendations to fit with their own goals and objectives, he said.

That too is fraud and is no less damaging than the lynx fur planting-of-evidence fraud. Selective-inclusion/selective-omission-of-statistics fraud is the most common type of fraud that has besieged the majority of alphabet agencies, activist groups as well as many members of congress.

"Dr Jeffrey Koenings, director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife... a breach of proper scientific protocol while involved in a continuing multi-year joint lynx study". Koenings said the two department biologists have now been "barred from further research work," and he and three other top scientific officials for WDFW said the department must now work hard to re-establish its public credibility.

Any hope of restoring credibility starts with correctly naming the lynx fur fraud, fraud. And 'crucifying" the fraudsters for the damages -- monetarily and accessibility -- that their fraud would have caused had they not been caught.. Anything short of that and there will be no credibility and Dr. Jeffery Koenings should be held as an accomplice if he doesn't earnestly push for full accountability laid against the fraudsters.

[AnnaZ]

Streeter said as a former government employee he suspects that government officials going as far as planting evidence is very rare. But he also said there's no doubt there are government officials on what he called their own "holy crusade" from within agencies. There have been examples of agencies refusing to accept the implications of scientific data from studies they have commissioned - instead skirting the truth in reports and putting forward flawed conclusions and recommendations to fit with their own goals and objectives, he said.

Hey, Mr. Streeter, I believe it's called Governmental S.O.P.

[Victoria Delsoul]

He said eco-terrorism and bio-fraud will undoubtedly form a part of the discussion at an upcoming meeting in Washington DC in May aimed at addressing the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the ESA. Streeter said as a former government employee he suspects that government officials going as far as planting evidence is very rare. But he also said there's no doubt there are government officials on what he called their own "holy crusade" from within agencies.

The environmentalist wackos use environmentalism as an excuse for the government to gain more property and more control over our lives.

[E.G.C.]

(LOL)

[harpseal]

If we use the same tenuous logic that these enviro-religionists use then the evidence of one case of fraud means that we must protect the entire habitat from fraud therefor all these studies must be discarded and only re-done when we can prove there will not be fraud.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[stboz]

These "scientists" should be barred from working in their chosen field permanently.

By who? Is there anyone "out there" who has the power and professional integrity to make a ban stick? I don't think so. Otherwise, a ban would have already been in place.

The folks who pull these shenanigans and the folks who fund them basically want "us" (as opposed to "them") dead. It's a war and we're not putting up much of a fight.

[Native American Female Vet]

"In some quarters, the planted lynx hair has been viewed as evidence of intentional tampering with data by scientists in order to expand areas of protected habitat, where many human activities and industries could be banned.

Only in some quarters it is viewed as tampering...LOL

[fivetoes]

If you have not signed the petition, DO IT NOW!

Stop Bio-fraud, Investigate ESA Input Data

If you are not sure what this is all about get the pdf file which is a compilation of news articles from various sources gathered on the internet. The sources are: The Washington Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Sierra Times, FOX News, Free-Market.net, Seattle Post-Intellengencer, The Boston Globe and the U.S. Forest Service and many more. It is an PDF format and you can get it here. lynxfraud.pdf

Grab the pdf and use it as a resource to write your congress critter or favorite news reporter. This really does need to be investigated. The only way it will be is to yell and scream about it. If the fraudulent taking of our public land does not interest you read no further, take no action.

Someday you will want to take your children or your grandchildren to a public forest and it will be off limits to humans to preserve the habitat for an animal that is NOT there.

UPDATE

I have updated the pdf file with the 9 more news articles on January 29, 2002. This thing is exploding with interest.

Sign the petition now! Let Congress know you want an investigation!

Rep. James Hansen (R-Utah), chairman of the U.S. House Resources Committee, and Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colorado), chairman of the U.S. House Forest Subcommittee have requested that the Government Accounting Office (GAO) investigate the incident. Rep. McInnis plans to hold hearings before the Forest subcommittee this spring.

Scream Loud! Scream Now!

[fivetoes]

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