Canada lynx study scientists defended Group says state biologists met code of ethics Dan Hansen Staff writer They've been vilified by some in Congress, some in the Legislature, some of their peers, and editorial writers nationwide. In the eyes of government critics, they stand as proof that "bad science" rules natural resource decisions. But two Washington biologists were cleared of wrongdoing in the eyes of their peers within an international organization of wildlife scientists. And a media watchdog group recently issued a report that the story of a lynx study gone awry was blown out of proportion by journalists...