What happens if the subbasin review does NOT validate the scientific information? What if the science does not fit what we have on the ground?
We don’t expect that the broad-scale science information will always match fine-scale conditions on the ground. It’s not appropriate to try to substitute local information for the broad-scale. Broad-scale information won’t necessarily be wrong; fine-scale variation within larger land units is to be expected and was considered. Validating the broad-scale information will mean looking at the big picture, to see if the pattern generally fits a particular area. There may be situations where the baseline data used to build the scientific information needs some correcting. This will be done where necessary (see response to question 1-10). But the kind of validation we will be looking for with subbasin review is broader than that.
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