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Our goal is to solicit broad participation from a cross-section of interests in a respectful atmosphere of mutual learning on topics related to the Forest Service and public lands policy. We believe that ideas will be stronger and choices clearer if developed through such a multidisciplinary, multi-perspective dialogue.
We especially seek to share perspectives among practitioners, the public and the academic and science communities.
The blog is administered by:
Sharon Friedman, Ph.D., forest geneticist, Forest Service Retiree (2012); Chair of the Forest Policy Committee at the Society of American Foresters.
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Recent Posts
- Wiretap ruling could haunt environmental lawsuits
- University of Calgary Study on Human Impacts on Ecosystems
- Xcel Energy seeks power from forest waste in Colorado
- OIG Report: A Snapshot into ESA and Science
- 2014 USFS Budget: A Decrease of $116 Million for Hazardous Fuels?
- Tongass Futures Roundtable Collaborative Group Shutting Down
- Judge: USFS Must Consult with US FWS to Protect 10 Million Acres of Lynx Critical Habitat
- True Nature: Revising Ideas On What is Pristine and Wild
- Dialogue in an Era of Divisiveness: ACR 2013 Conference
- Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations destroys 17 homes
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- Judge: USFS Must Consult with US FWS to Protect 10 Million Acres of Lynx Critical Habitat
- Xcel Energy seeks power from forest waste in Colorado
- OIG Report: A Snapshot into ESA and Science
- 2014 USFS Budget: A Decrease of $116 Million for Hazardous Fuels?
- True Nature: Revising Ideas On What is Pristine and Wild
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Science Policy Quote of the Month
"In the real world, many risks we face present neither the great certainties we would need to use cost-benefit analysis effectively nor the almost complete uncertainties that would justify radical precautionary approaches. Moreover, neither the precautionary principle nor cost-benefit analysis tell us anything about the role of democracy in making policy decisions.
I am currently working to develop new approaches rooted in deliberative democracy which might move beyond both strict cost-benefit and knee-jerk precaution toward processes that could achieve better public participation and greater political legitimacy on the major environmental threats to our future."
Jonathan Gilligan, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences on his website here.
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