Alaska Region Peer Review

In order to ensure the quality and credibility of the scientific information we disseminate to the public, the Fish and Wildlife Service has implemented a formal “peer review” process for influential scientific documents.

While we have always consulted experts to ensure that our science is sound, through this peer review process we will follow the guidelines for Federal agencies spelled out in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review,” released December 16, 2004.

Part of the peer review process is to provide information on the Web about how each peer review is to be conducted, as summarized below and described in detail in this checklist. Each peer review plan will include the following information:

• Document title and short description
• Information about the kind of peer review process to be conducted, the anticipated number of reviewers, the reviewer expertise and selection method
• Opportunities for public participation
• Service staff contact information
  

Peer Review Agenda
We have identified the following Alaska Region documents as meeting the OMB criteria for peer review of influential or highly influential scientific information. Click on a title to get more information about that document and the peer review process we have planned for it. This list will be updated as necessary.

Completed
Posting Date	Document Title
2/13/2013	Peer review plan for the Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Wood Bison in Alaska
3/2014	Peer Review Comments on the proposed establishment of a nonessential experimental population of wood bison in Alaska
5/7/2014	Final Rule on the Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Wood Bison in Alaska
2/13/2013	Peer review plan for the Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Wood Bison in Alaska
12/11/2013	Draft Peer Review Plan for the listing evaluation for the yellow-billed loon
3/2014	Peer Review Comments on the listing evaluation for the yellow-billed loon: Alaska Department of Fish and Game comments University of Alaska comments Minnesota Department of Natural Resources comments North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management comments
10/1/2014	12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Yellow-billed Loon as an Endangered or Threatened Species Notice of 12 Month Petition Finding
6/2013	Peer Review Plan for the Listing evaluation for the Kittlitz’s murrelet
7/2013	Peer Review Comments on the Listing Evaluation for the Kittlitz’s murrelet
10/3/2013	12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Kittlitz’s Murrelet as an Endangered or Threatened Species Notice of 12 Month Petition Finding
8/1/2012	Listing the British Columbia Distinct Population Segment of the Queen Charlotte Goshawk Under the Endangered Species Act Final Rule (peer review comments begin on page 45872)
1/9/2007	Peer Review Contacts for the Proposed Rule to List the Polar Bear as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act
4/2007	Peer Review Comments on the Proposed Rule to List the Polar Bear as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act
2/25/2008	United States Fish and Wildlife Service responses to comments on USGS reports prepared in support of the Polar Bear Listing Decision
5/15/2008	Determination of Threatened Status for the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Throughout Its Range Final Rule
6/19/2006	Peer Review Contacts for the Range-wide Status Review of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
8/2006	Peer Review Comments on the Range-wide Status Review of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
12/21/2006	Range-wide Status Review of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)

 

Last updated: March 9, 2015