Peer Review of Scientific Information
The Alaska Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to using sound science in its decision making and to providing the American public with information of the highest quality possible. We adhere to the goal of strengthening the Service's tradition of scientific excellence and information quality in the conservation of fish, wildlife, plants and their habitat.
On this Web site the Alaska Region publishes information regarding influential and highly influential scientific information and our plans to manage it. We provide links to the Service's guidelines for ensuring the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information that we use and disseminate. We also link to mechanisms for allowing the public to seek correction of that information.
Peer Review of Scientific Information
In order to ensure the quality and credibility of the scientific information we disseminate to the public, the Fish and Wildlife Service has implemented a formal “peer review” process for influential and highly influential scientific documents. More information on this subject is available at the Service's Information Quality Web site. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget has published government-wide guidance (pdf) to enhance the practice of peer review of government science documents.
Part of the peer review process is to provide information on the Web about how each peer review is to be conducted, as described in this checklist.
Peer Review Agenda
We have identified the following Alaska Region documents as meeting the OMB criteria for peer review of influential or highly influential scientific information. Click on a title to get more information about that document and the peer review process we have planned for it. This list will be updated as necessary.
08/01/2007 Endangered Species Act Proposed Rule to List the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species 06/08/2006 Polar Bear Status Review 12/15/2005 Queen Charlotte Goshawk Status Review
