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Richard Pombo: “Current law does not require them to use good science. If he went out and did a biological study on his black bear in…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
Current law does not require them to use good science. If he went out and did a biological study on his black bear in Louisiana, and he wanted to print that in a scientific magazine, it would have to stand up to peer review before they would ever allow you to even print it in a scientific magazine. But it could be listed as an endangered species based on that biological data without ever being peer reviewed, without another scientist, biologist, in this entire world verifying that you----
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Richard Pombo
California
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Discussing the standards for listing species as endangered under current law.

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