ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Appointee 'Reshaped' Science, Says Report

Red the full news item by Erik Stokstad in Science (Science 6 April 2007: Vol. 316. no. 5821, p. 37). Subscription required.

A report by the inspector general's (IG's) office of the Interior Department found that Julie MacDonald, the Bush Administration's point person at the Interior Department on endangered species, "not only has been 'heavily involved' in editing scientific documents by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) but also leaked some of that confidential material to industry groups. Next month, Congress will hold hearings on her actions."