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Endangered Species

Opening Plenary Presentations from the Agencies at the 5th ESA Workshop

The opening plenary session of the workshop was open to the general public. The presentations below gave attendees an overview of the topics and associated charge questions discussed in each of the breakout sessions related to the three main topics of interest: 1) improving aquatic modeling, 2) refinements to interim method for Step 1 and Step 2, and 3) the approach to the weight of evidence.

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Aquatic modeling (PDF)(28 pp, 560 K, June 29, 2016)
Refinements (PDF)(36 pp, 985 K, June 29, 2016)
Weight of Evidence (PDF)(25 pp, 817 K, June 29, 2016)
NatureServe presentation on species range data (PDF)(20 pp, 3 MB, June 29, 2016)