Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Shocking No More

Review here, here, here, and here.

Now this...

DNR & LKWA credibility took another blow last week when it was revealed that Scott Storlid, author of the NRC report on Floodplain Forests, and an expert witness in opposition to the RKLD's water level request, is also a stakeholder in the Carcajou Hunting Club.

Testimony from my perspective was very sketchy. Storlid either paid $10,000 for his share in the club, or his family had a past relationship with current or past club members, or his fees billed to the LKWA was paid with a all/portion of a share in Carcajou.

Either way, one has to wonder if an expert with the personal stake in the outcome of the case is more credible or less credible on what their professional opinions are based upon than the testifying expert that doesn't have personal stake in the outcome of the litigationn??