Does FWS determine who or what is accredited?  How low we have sunk.  When
I was in graduate school, the acronym FWS meant "fumble and wobble!"  Or,
just another federal bureaucracy.
 
Fred
 
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> From: Aydin Orstan <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Accredited scientist
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 10:30 AM
>
> On Sunday, September 15, 1996 at 1:27:17 pm EDT,
> "ross mayhew" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Mr. Orin (or anyone else who knows);
> >        How difficult is it  for someone to become an "accredited
> scientist",
> >to avoid most hassles?  What are the requirements and procedures?
> >
>
> You are an accredited scientist if you fit in the definition FWS
established.
> And this is how they define it in 50 CFR 14.4:
>
> "Accredited scientist means any individual associated with, employed by,
or
> under contract to and accredited by an accredited scientific institution
for
> the purpose of conducting biological or medical research, and whose
research
> activities are approved and sponsored by the institution granting
> accreditation.
>
> Accredited scientific institutions means any public museum, public
zoological
> park, accredited institution of higher education, accredited member of
the
> American Zoo and Aquarium Association, accredited member of the American
> Associaiton of Systematic Collections, or any State or Federal government
> agency that conducts biological or medical research."
>
> So, in other words, if you are an accredited scientist working for an
> accredited scientific institution, then you are an accredited scientist.
Kind
> of circular, isn't it?
>
> Not even a high school science teacher would be considered an accredited
> scientist, unless FSW considers high schools institutions of "higher
> education".
>
> A.