Posted on 02/29/2012 7:09:27 PM PST by Baynative
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder… The Obama Administration now wants to demolish three dams in northern California to supposedly save the salmon… But the whole reason to support the move was based on shoddy and inconclusive scientific data.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
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Dr. Paul Houser
Ph.D Hydrometeorology
Professor of hydrology at George Mason University
How’s this for starters ...
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Houser is an expert in local to global land surface-atmospheric remote sensing, in-situ observation and numerical simulation, development and application of hydrologic data assimilation methods, and global water and energy cycling. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees inHydrology and Water Resources from the University of Arizona in 1992 and 1996 respectively.
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The Dam Whistleblower
Our guest - Paul R. Houser
DR. PAUL R. HOUSER
Paul Houser, an associate professor of hydrology at George Mason University, told the Record Searchlight newspaper he was fired by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation after questioning the positive spin U.S. Department of Interior officials were putting on scientific studies that supported dam removal.
Klamath KBRA scientist whistleblower letter to Siskiyou County Supervisors
Dear Supervisors Cook, Valenzuela, Kobseff, Bennett, and Armstrong,
I know you are concerned about the Klamath Secretarial determination process, so I wanted to bring to your attention to an allegation of scientific and scholarly misconduct and reprisal for a whistleblower disclosure I made concerning the biased summarization of key scientific conclusions for the Klamath River dam removal Secretarial determination process.
An example of this intentional biased (falsification) reporting of scientific results by the Department of the Interior is contained in the September 21, 2011 “Summary of Key Conclusions: Draft EIS/EIR and Related Scientific/Technical Reports”. There are many other examples of integrity issues outlined in the attached allegation.
I made this disclosure when I held the position of Science Advisor for the Bureau of Reclamation. Unfortunately, as a result of the disclosure, I have faced systematic reprisal and termination of my employment. I have opened a case with the Department of the Interior, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and I plan to file the attached scientific integrity allegation. I also plan to appeal the termination of my position to the Office of Special Council (OSC) and the Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB).
I hope that this situation is of interest to you, and if so, I am hoping that you would be willing to advocate on my behalf and/or on behalf of good science-informed decision making in the Klamath Basin. I have been treated wrongly by the Department of the Interior, but m decisions about the Klamath dam removal process are being compromised by scientific integrity issues.
Best Regards, Paul
Dr. Paul R. Houser, Associate Professor | George Mason University
Story from the Redding Searchlight:
UPDATED: Fired federal adviser files whistle-blower complaint over Klamath dam removal
Just Emailed 2 friends who I hope will watch this!!!
Here are some columns about what the County’s legal, scientific and tech. consultants found in the EIR/EIS:
http://users.sisqtel.net/armstrng/opinion111511.html
http://users.sisqtel.net/armstrng/opinion112211.html
I took a peek at both part one and part 2 and I'll read 'em just before the program starts at 8:AM in the morning... Which is really going to be 7:AM with GovernMentally imposed Pacific Daylight Savings Time... Pfffffffft!!!
Here is the interview he did on I SPY on Oregon radio http://www.gripnw.com/Audio/iSpyShow_03102012_KlamathDamWhistleblower.mp3
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