Comment from Jennifer Kalt, Botanist, CNPS Representative on Timber Harvest Plans
“David, I feel it is the only method currently at our disposal to assess the qualifications of the surveyor. If someone (e.g. a timber company forester or "botanist") has few to no grass or graminoids, or if they ID every species of Salix and Carex to species, then I judge them either inexperienced or a hack. I would guess that DFG staffers would have a similar view. "Too expensive"??? Sounds like just another cry to get around the environmental review process to me.”
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