A growing problem I have seen relates to the folks who are supposed to be studying, monitoring, and managing our resources. Mention the Chinook situation in AK and NOAA will tell you that it is all climate change; the bycatch has nothing to do with it.

Decades ago, the late Jeff Cederholm wrote and article "Who speaks for the fish?". His conclusion was that while he tried, it seemed the F&W agencies didn't. Should add that Jeff worked for DNR and my F&W coworkers felt that he should shut up and make DNR less rapacious with their tree harvest. As time has gone on and I have corresponded with colleagues I find that the political masters in an agency (and probably NGO or University) control what is said. Many of my coworkers still have the scars from the muzzles.

As a truly serious question, how can we solve (any) problems when we are prevented from examining and considering all the information?