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KRIS and Prop 50 Contents | KRIS Web Home |
| KRIS Assimilates Science Related to Fisheries, Water Quality and Watershed Health | |
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KRIS projects assimilate the best science available including data, supporting literature, photographs, and electronic maps. Treatment of data and analysis in KRIS follow findings of local or regional experts, if their studies are available. This may include the most recent scientific work, such as TMDL reports, or "grey" literature like historic file memos from agencies To insure that all data are properly incorporated and that the analysis provided in KRIS is accurate, each KRIS project is overseen by a review panel. Some reviews have been very extensive. Reviewers may include local agencies, scientists or watershed stakeholders with an interest in science and management. All data contributors are asked to review KRIS projects, particularly those Topics in KRIS based on their information. to make sure it is used appropriately. |
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Each KRIS project provides background information in the form of linked pages that allow KRIS users to explore the scientific basis of data interpretation. The Background pages rely on hundreds of hours of research and extensive review and have changed and adapted as science has changed over the ten year history of KRIS. The KRIS Team has framed Hypotheses to explain patterns in aquatic and watershed data, but only when specifically requested by a client and funded at the appropriate level. |
| KRIS almost always has raw data as well as summary data, which allows for scientific transparency. All data sets are accompanied by metadata, which explains the bounds of fair use and how and why data were collected. The unique KRIS Metadata table built into every system provides the means to evaluate the quality of data so it can be used in regional studies. |
Click KRIS Metatable example to enlarge. |
