Subject: Re: Nisqually: l-655, no longer long
Date: Jul 16 21:17:34 1996
From: Don Baccus - donb at Rational.COM
Peggi:
>Also, around the time of the bill Don's been talking about, there was a
>sudden increase in cougar sightings. Some of which ODF&W was able to
>substantiate and some they were not. However, this makes one wonder if all
>reported sightings are truly sightings.
Well, I'd guess it's more a case of whether previous sigtings were
being reported. The rurals are not inneffective at organization,
so it is entirely possible that the word went out to be diligent
about reporting sightings.
There's nothing wrong with this, and tech folks at times are reluctant to
give much weight to lay data in part because of this self-selecting
reality.
- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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