Topic
Science Consistency Review Final Report of the Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Sierra Nevada Forest
Plan.
On 30-31 July 2003, a science consistency review (SCR) team was
convened by the Pacific Southwest Research Station in Davis CA,
to evaluate the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(DSEIS) for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan. A Science Consistency
Review is defined as the process used to determine whether an analysis
or decision document is consistent with the best available science.
That review is accomplished by judging whether scientific information
of appropriate content, rigor, and applicability has been considered,
evaluated, and synthesized in the documents that underlie and that
implement land management decisions.
Team members were given copies of the DSEIS prior to the SCR review
meeting. At the meeting, discussions were held among the team, the
technical experts and designated representatives of the Pacific
Southwest Regional Forester responsible for the DSEIS, and the review
administrators. Those discussions led to the identification and
development of specific elements or topics within the DSEIS that
warranted individual scrutiny by one or another of the team members.
These elements represent a distillation of the crucial scientific
topics addressed in the DSEIS, as viewed by the team. The context
for that scrutiny was the standardized set of science consistency
evaluation criteria (Guldin and others, in press):
1) Has applicable and available scientific information been considered?
2) Is the scientific information interpreted reasonably and accurately?
3) Are the uncertainties associated with the scientific information
acknowledged
and documented?
4) Have the relevant management consequences, including risks
and uncertainties,
been identified and documented?
The team's report is available below as well as an appendix that
contains all of the original reviews submitted to the review administrators
by each team member.
Science
Consistency Review Final Report
Science
Consistency Review Final Report Appendix
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