Norman espouses using best available science and also links himself heavily to the Sierra Club.

Recent Sierra Club slick multi-color mailing in support of the ESA reads (in part) for the Pacific Northwest's wild salmon that: "All five salmon species that spawn in the Pacific Northwest - chum, Chinook, sockeye, pink and Coho - now face extinction and are protected under the ESA."

In fact, pinks are not listed on the current NMFS website (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/esa/fish.htm).

Furthermore, for sockeye only two ESUs are listed and for chum there are two and for coho there are four. This is not intended to diminish concerns for wild salmon but, rather, to point out that the Sierra Club has implied that all of the five species are listed which is factually incorrect (pinks) and provides misleading information as to the status of the other four species.

Yes, we need best available science but beware of who is defining the term and the validity of the information they are providing.