We are seeing another pulse now as the US military returns from Western Europe. For OTA reports, accuracy is more important than precision. They seek to report information that is both necessary and sufficient, and not much beyond that. Scientists often seem unaware of what constitutes important information for Congress to have. What's missing is sometimes more important than the high precision information that is available.
Values play an important role in making decisions about how to manage non-indigenous species.
We're not just dealing with scientific data here - we're dealing with poetic and philosophical issues. There are swiftly and steadily rising numbers of non-indigenous species. We're not eliminating any old ones as we keep adding lots of new ones. About 200 new species have been initially introduced or detected since 1980, and at least 60 of these are already causing harm or are expected to cause harm. A Policy Primer Formal laws come from all three branches of the federal government.