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released Wednesday says.<br>
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and was conducted jointly by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Public
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division of the Department of the Interior, the Fish and Wildlife Service is
charged with determining which animals and plants should be placed on the
endangered species list and designating areas where such species need to be
protected. <br>
<br>
More than half of the biologists and other researchers who responded to the
survey said they knew of cases in which commercial interests, including
timber, grazing, development and energy companies, had applied political
pressure to reverse scientific conclusions deemed harmful to their business.<br>
<br>
Bush administration officials, including Craig Manson, an assistant secretary
of the Interior who oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service, have been critical
of the 1973 Endangered Species Act, contending that its implementation has
imposed hardships on developers and others while failing to restore healthy
populations of wildlife.<br>
<br>
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revamp the act. The president's proposed budget calls for a $3-million reduction
in funding of Fish and Wildlife's endangered species programs.<br>
<br>
"The pressure to alter scientific reports for political reasons has
become pervasive at Fish and Wildlife offices around the country," said
Lexi Shultz of the Union of Concerned Scientists.<br>
<br>
Mitch Snow, a spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said the agency had
no comment on the survey, except to say "some of the basic premises just
aren't so."<br>
<br>
The two groups that circulated the survey also made available memos from Fish
and Wildlife officials that instructed employees not to respond to the survey,
even if they did so on their own time. Snow said that agency employees could
not use work time to respond to outside surveys.<br>
<br>
Fish and Wildlife scientists in 90 national offices were asked 42 questions
and given space to respond in essay form in the mail-in survey sent in
November. <br>
<br>
One scientist working in the Pacific region, which includes <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>, wrote: "I have been
through the reversal of two listing decisions due to political pressure.
Science was ignored — and worse, manipulated, to build a bogus rationale
for reversal of these listing decisions."<br>
<br>
More than 20% of survey responders reported they had been "directed to
inappropriately exclude or alter technical information."<br>
<br>
However, 69% said they had never been given such a directive. And, although
more than half of the respondents said they had been ordered to alter findings
to lessen protection of species, nearly 40% said they had never been required
to do so. <br>
<br>
Sally Stefferud, a biologist who retired in 2002 after 20 years with the
agency, said Wednesday she was not surprised by the survey results, saying she
had been ordered to change a finding on a biological opinion.<br>
<br>
"Political pressures influence the outcome of almost all the cases,"
she said. "As a scientist, I would probably say you really can't trust
the science coming out of the agency." <br>
<br>
A biologist in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Alaska</st1:State></st1:place>
wrote in response to the survey: "It is one thing for the department to
dismiss our recommendations, it is quite another to be forced (under veiled
threat of removal) to say something that is counter to our best professional
judgment."<br>
<br>
Don Lindburg, head of the office of giant panda conservation at the Zoological
Society of San Diego, said it was unrealistic to expect federal scientists to
be exempt from politics or pressure.<br>
<br>
"I've not stood in the shoes of any of those scientists," he said.
"But it is not difficult for me to believe that there are pressures from
those who are not happy with conservation objectives, and here I am referring
to development interest and others.<br>
<br>
"But when it comes to altering data, that is a serious matter. I am
really sorry to hear that scientists working for the service feel they have to
do that. Changing facts to fit the politics — that is a very unhealthy
thing. If I were a scientist in that position I would just refuse to do
it." <br>
<br>
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the public employee group provided
copies of the survey and excerpts from essay-style responses. <br>
<br>
One biologist based in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>,
who responded to the survey, said in an interview with The Times that the Fish
and Wildlife Service was not interested in adding any species to the
endangered species list.<br>
<br>
"For biologists who do endangered species analysis, my experience is that
the majority of them are ordered to reverse their conclusions [if they favor
listing]. There are other biologists who will do it if you won't," said
the biologist, who spoke on condition of anonymity. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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