It cannot and need not act in this unworkable format. It cannot accuse, order or force people to do as commanded. It is instead, designed to be a source of solutions, a gatherer of ideas, a proponent of projects and provider of hard work addressed to the environmental threat in question. It is in sum, a whole new approach that is being viewed as a model by the entire country. Only the group s best efforts and demonstrable working knowledge stand behind a panel s recommendations.
Good science is the start.
That in turn can generate trust. We have five years in which to try. This may indeed be our last chance to act in time to turn some of these critical marine resources around. While decline in salmon populations makes for headline news, because never before has a species been listed as threatened in an urban area. More quietly and less romantically, whole groups of fish species have been similarly put at risk and several runs are now officially severely reduced over their counts just 10 years ago.