Published on Jan 18, 2013
The Department of Interior is
misleading the public and purging scientists who don't go along with an
increasingly radical green agenda. Eight government scientists were
recently fired or reassigned after voicing concerns to their superiors
about faulty environmental science used for policy decisions. Which
begs the question, "Are some government agencies manipulating science to
advance political agendas?"
Rural America has long been a target of environmentalists. Government agencies such as the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the DOI (Department of Interior) have been hijacked by extreme elements of environmentalism and rural America is feeling the heat. When environmental protocol is pitted against the welfare of a rural community, these agencies almost exclusively side with the environmental cause, and adverse consequences to the human element are considered last, if at all.
DOI has engaged in an aggressive crusade to obstruct and undermine the use of natural resources, restrict human access to public lands, and increase its influence over private property. Decisions made by the agency are presumed to be based on sound scientific analysis, but often times policy is driving the science, rather than science driving environmental policy. This has led to harmful decisions and a violation of the public trust.
According to the DOI the premise for Klamath River dams removal is to restore Coho salmon spawning habitat above the dams even though there is no conclusive evidence the Coho were native to the area. Official DOI documents reveal scientific concerns that dam removal may, in fact, result in species decline based on millions of tons of toxic sediment build up behind the dams that will make its way to the ocean. Water temperature increases without the dams could also negatively impact the salmon. These studies were ignored. Concerns about the human toll and impact to local Klamath Basin communities were also brushed aside. Those most interested in the well-being of the environment they live and work in, were given a backseat to special interests thousands of miles away.
The Klamath hydroelectric dams provide clean inexpensive energy to thousands of local residents who will be forced to pay much higher premiums if the dams are removed because California has strict new laws for use of renewable energy. The town of Happy Camp sits on the banks of the Klamath River and could be wiped out with seasonal flooding without the dams. Once Coho salmon are introduced into the upper Klamath, farmers and ranchers will be faced with water use restrictions and invasive government regulation of private land. The economic impact will be devastating, property values will depreciate and the agriculture community, often operating on slim profit margins, will be subjected to the fate of the once vibrant logging industry which fell victim to the spotted owl crusades.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/davids...
Rural America has long been a target of environmentalists. Government agencies such as the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the DOI (Department of Interior) have been hijacked by extreme elements of environmentalism and rural America is feeling the heat. When environmental protocol is pitted against the welfare of a rural community, these agencies almost exclusively side with the environmental cause, and adverse consequences to the human element are considered last, if at all.
DOI has engaged in an aggressive crusade to obstruct and undermine the use of natural resources, restrict human access to public lands, and increase its influence over private property. Decisions made by the agency are presumed to be based on sound scientific analysis, but often times policy is driving the science, rather than science driving environmental policy. This has led to harmful decisions and a violation of the public trust.
According to the DOI the premise for Klamath River dams removal is to restore Coho salmon spawning habitat above the dams even though there is no conclusive evidence the Coho were native to the area. Official DOI documents reveal scientific concerns that dam removal may, in fact, result in species decline based on millions of tons of toxic sediment build up behind the dams that will make its way to the ocean. Water temperature increases without the dams could also negatively impact the salmon. These studies were ignored. Concerns about the human toll and impact to local Klamath Basin communities were also brushed aside. Those most interested in the well-being of the environment they live and work in, were given a backseat to special interests thousands of miles away.
The Klamath hydroelectric dams provide clean inexpensive energy to thousands of local residents who will be forced to pay much higher premiums if the dams are removed because California has strict new laws for use of renewable energy. The town of Happy Camp sits on the banks of the Klamath River and could be wiped out with seasonal flooding without the dams. Once Coho salmon are introduced into the upper Klamath, farmers and ranchers will be faced with water use restrictions and invasive government regulation of private land. The economic impact will be devastating, property values will depreciate and the agriculture community, often operating on slim profit margins, will be subjected to the fate of the once vibrant logging industry which fell victim to the spotted owl crusades.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/davids...
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Dr.
Paul R. Houser* Scientist and whistleblower
* expert on 'Scientific Integrity'
* highest level scientist in the Bureau of Reclamation
* only scientist in the D.C. office
FIRED for exposing scientific fraud by Interior
Interior
denies spinning Klamath science, 3/25/13, PEER.
RESPONSE - Statement of Dr. Paul R. Houser, Hydrometeorologist 3/25/13. "The DISO informed me of her decision to dismiss my February 24, 2012 allegation in a letter dated January 29, 2013. This letter made significant references to the August 2012 expert panel report, but did not actually provide the report. ... This report was only made available after repeated requests made to the DISO via phone/email, a December FOIA request and several requests from Congressional committees....through a very narrow panel charge and through its own de-scoping, the important aspects of my allegation were not evaluated, and no actual investigation was done. So, it seems my allegation really has not yet been addressed ."
RESPONSE - Statement of Dr. Paul R. Houser, Hydrometeorologist 3/25/13. "The DISO informed me of her decision to dismiss my February 24, 2012 allegation in a letter dated January 29, 2013. This letter made significant references to the August 2012 expert panel report, but did not actually provide the report. ... This report was only made available after repeated requests made to the DISO via phone/email, a December FOIA request and several requests from Congressional committees....through a very narrow panel charge and through its own de-scoping, the important aspects of my allegation were not evaluated, and no actual investigation was done. So, it seems my allegation really has not yet been addressed ."
*
Letter from House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee
Chairman
Doc Hastings to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar regarding Klamath
River Dam science misconduct by Interior in firing whistleblower Dr. Paul
Houser. Hastings requests documents regarding communications by March
15.
Klamath Falls- Government scientist gets fired for telling the truth,
townhall.com , posted to KBC 1/20/13
I Spy Radio, "Last year, we interviewed Dr. Paul
Houser, who's become known as the "Klamath Whistleblower"
for his efforts to expose how the Bureau of Reclamation was
misrepresenting the science behind the effort to remove four
perfectly good hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River. We
wanted to get an update from him and also talk with Marcia
Armstrong, a Siskiyou County Supervisor, to hear 1/26/13
Statement from Dr. Paul Houser, Klamath dams whistleblower 12/13/12 on DOI's firing him for exposing Interior's lack of scientific integrity: "The
settlement of my wrongful firing “whistleblower” claim is very good to
get behind me. I can’t say much about the settlement, but that it was a
good solution for me personally and it did not result in getting my job
back. My scientific misconduct allegation is being handled separately
and is still under investigation. The Department of the Interior had the
final outside panel report delivered back in August/September. I have
repeatedly asked the Department for their findings and they indicate
that statements will be issued soon."
Fired scientist resolves whistleblower complaint with feds (regarding Klamath dam study), Capitol Press, posted to KBC 12/9/12.
"While Houser's personnel issue was
resolved, the scientific integrity issues he raised
were outside the jurisdiction of the Office of
Special Council, Ruch said. Kelly has said that
Houser's complaints are under investigation."
*
KLAMATH DAMS: Full Committee Oversight Hearing on "Oversight of the Actions,
Independence and Accountability of the Acting Inspector General of the Dept. of
the Interior." 8/2/12. Attorney General Miss Kendall questioned by California U. S.
Congressman Tom McClintock regarding whistleblower Dr. Paul Houser, Bureau of
Reclamation top scientist and Integrity Officer overseeing Klamath Dam science.
For exposing integrity issues of the Department of the Interior he was fired by
his boss, who happened to be a member of a stakeholder's group advocating for
dismantling Klamath River dams, a huge conflict of interest. Listen to the
astounding audio of Kendall's responses to McClintock.
Klamath science-informed process needs improvement, byIn
April 2011, I was hired as the Bureau of Reclamation’s science adviser and
scientific integrity officer. After I questioned the accuracy of science
reporting and summary documents related to the Klamath Secretarial Decision,
I faced systematic reprisal and my job as the Bureau of Reclamation’s
science advisor was terminated...."
Paul R. Houser: Dam removal holds risks, uncertainties, Redding Record Searchlight, posted to KBC June 26, 2012
VIDEO:
Dr. Paul Houser, Klamath River Basin Dam Removal
Whistleblower Presentation in Yreka, Calif. Video by
Robert Exter, posted 5/29/12.
***Dr. Paul Houser comes to Klamath Falls and Yreka May 6th and 7th.
Klamath KBRA scientist, Dr. Paul Houser, whistleblower letter to Siskiyou County Supervisors, posted to KBC 2/27/12
Allegation of scientific and scholarly misconduct and reprisal for a disclosure concerning the biased summarization of key scientific conclusions for the Klamath River dam removal Secretarial determination process, from Dr. Paul R. Houser, Science Advisor and Scientific Integrity Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington D.C., to Office of the Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Interior, posted to KBC 2/27/12.
Klamath KBRA scientist, Dr. Paul Houser, whistleblower letter to Siskiyou County Supervisors, posted to KBC 2/27/12
Allegation of scientific and scholarly misconduct and reprisal for a disclosure concerning the biased summarization of key scientific conclusions for the Klamath River dam removal Secretarial determination process, from Dr. Paul R. Houser, Science Advisor and Scientific Integrity Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington D.C., to Office of the Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Interior, posted to KBC 2/27/12.
Dr. Houser attachments to letter to Siskiyou Supervisors, posted to KBC 3/2/12
READ MORE: DR PAUL R HOUSER WEBSITE
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Scientific Misconduct
and false science
and false science
*
Dr. Houser
PAGE:
Klamath Dam science
whistleblower page: Dr. Paul Houser,
hydrometeorologist,
and expert scientist on "Scientific Integrity," was the highest level
scientist in the Bureau of Reclamation, and the only scientist in the
D.C. office.
Houser was
fired
for exposing the Secretary of Interior's "intentional
falsification," "bias," and "predetermined intention" to
destroy the Klamath dams.
Interior denies spinning Klamath science, 3/25/13, PEER.
RESPONSE - Statement of Dr. Paul R. Houser, Hydrometeorologist 3/25/13. "The DISO informed me of her decision to dismiss my February 24, 2012 allegation in a letter dated January 29, 2013. This letter made significant references to the August 2012 expert panel report, but did not actually provide the report. ... This report was only made available after repeated requests made to the DISO via phone/email, a December FOIA request and several requests from Congressional committees....through a very narrow panel charge and through its own de-scoping, the important aspects of my allegation were not evaluated, and no actual investigation was done. So, it seems my allegation really has not yet been addressed ."
* Letter from House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar regarding Klamath River Dam science misconduct by Interior in firing whistleblower Dr. Paul Houser. Hastings requests documents regarding communications by March 15.
Who did the spotted owl studies? Former Yurok forestry director released from jail; Raymond accused of embezzling tribal funds, posted to KBC 3/7/13. "Raymond and two biologists are accused of using an elaborate system of fake invoices, false purchase requests and electronic bank transfers to embezzle more than $870,000 in federal funds from the Yurok Tribe during a three-year period of wildlife preservation studies." (these included faked spotted owl studies).
Klamath Falls - Biologists, Reclamation clash over jobs, H&N, posted to KBC 2/25/13. "The complaint focuses on two scientific issues: (1) the discovery of greater-than-anticipated numbers of endangered sucker in Lake Ewauna, and (2) a life-cycle model of threatened coho salmon, with preliminary results indicating that tributary flows are more important than the main Klamath River, whose flows are managed by Reclamation."
Klamath dam science Whistleblower and Siskiyou County Supervisor, I Spy Radio, "Last year, we interviewed Dr. Paul Houser, who's become known as the "Klamath Whistleblower" for his efforts to expose how the Bureau of Reclamation was misrepresenting the science behind the effort to remove four perfectly good hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River. We wanted to get an update from him and also talk with Marcia Armstrong, a Siskiyou County Supervisor, to hear first hand what they've been up against." Audio HERE posted to KBC 1/28/13.
HERE for Dr. Houser Page
HERE for Supervisor Marcia Armstrong Page
Klamath Falls- Government scientist gets fired for telling the truth, townhall.com , posted to KBC 1/20/13
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to resign, Fox News 1/16/13. "His
departure marks the latest in a series of high-profile resignations
from the president's Cabinet. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Treasury
Secretary Tim Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta are among those leaving." KBC NOTE: 8
scientists, including the top ethics scientist/whistleblower for Bureau
of Reclamation, recently filed complaints against Interior for science misconduct. Will this resignation make no one accountable?
Families Protecting the Valley newsletter, posted to KBC 1/12/13. "There are similar complaints with Klamath issues where in a complaint filed this week, "a group of federal scientists...is claiming U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials are threatening to eliminate their jobs because the agency was unhappy with their scientific conclusions." What would those conclusions be? Might they be finding evidence that destroying the dams isn't the correct decision? As a matter of fact..."
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