scientific method

The scientific method is an asymptotic process aimed at determining natural truths.

The legislation empowers leaders to use new scientific methods to assess those wildfire-prone areas, and employ various forest management tools, including tree thinning, prescribed burning, timber harvest, fire breaks and dead brush removal.

“Everything about our scientific method makes it hard to prove these sorts of things.”

“It creates a challenge because you’re trying to have very nuanced conversations in a rapidly evolving environment with people who don't understand the scientific method, don’t understand basic statistics,” Adams said.

"Unlike traditional environmental monitoring, which can be costly and time consuming, or simply impossible, these organisms provide cheap, ready-made, archival data, which can be extracted using a scientific method called chemical sclerochronology."