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Robert T. Lackey Webinar Department of Fisheries and Wildlife American Water Resources Association May 4, 2016 Oregon State University 1

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“information g athered in a rational, systematic, testable, and reproducible manner ” 6

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Only one type of information: 8

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“To what extent do you trust scientists to present unbiased scientific information about environmental issues?” 10

“Four in 10 Americans now say that they place little or no trust in what scientists have to say about the environment.” 11

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Climate advocates NIMBY advocates Scientists for hire Campaign payback Audubon et al AWEA Historic place? Solar advocates Radar users Fishing advocates Proposer General Electric (NBC) et al “Health” advocates Taxpayers 22

Climate advocates NIMBY advocates Scientists for hire Campaign payback Audubon et al AWEA Historic place? Scientists Decision Solar advocates Radar users Hunting advocates Proposer General Electric (NBC) et al “Health” advocates Taxpayers 23

Climate advocates NIMBY advocates Scientists for hire Campaign payback Audubon et al AWEA Historic place? Scientists Decision Solar advocates Radar users Hunting advocates Proposer General Electric (NBC) et al “Health” advocates Taxpayers 24

Climate advocates NIMBY advocates Scientists for hire Campaign payback Audubon et al AWEA Historic place? Scientists Decision Solar advocates Radar users Hunting advocates Proposer General Electric (NBC) et al “Health” advocates Taxpayers 25

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“Information or ‘science’ that is based on an assumed, usually unstated , preference for a particular policy or class of policy choices” 29

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Ecosystem “ degradation ” 38

Ecosystem “ improvement ” Ecosystem “ degradation ” 39

Ecosystem “ alteration ” Ecosystem “ improvement ” Ecosystem “ degradation ” 40

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Robert T. Lackey Webinar Department of Fisheries and Wildlife American Water Resources Association May 4, 2016 Oregon State University 52

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Dr. Bob Lackey is professor of fisheries science at Oregon State University. In 2008 he retired after 27 years with the Environmental Protection Agency’s national research laboratory in Corvallis where he served as Deputy Director among other senior science and management jobs. Since his very first fisheries job mucking out raceways in a California trout hatchery, he has worked on an assortment of natural resource issues from various positions in government and academia. His professional assignments involved diverse aspects of natural resource management, but mostly he has operated at the interface between science and policy. He has published over 100 articles in scientific journals. Dr. Lackey has long been an educator, having taught at five North American universities and currently teaches a graduate course in ecological policy. Canadian by birth, he is now a U.S.- Canadian dual-citizen living in Corvallis, Oregon. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 OFFICE: (541) 737-0569 CELL: (541) 602-5904 EMAIL: Robert.Lackey@oregonstate.edu WEB: http://fw.oregonstate.edu/content/robert-lackey 54