That's kind of a shocker right there.

The data revealed some real surprises. Even though most people assumed it wouldn't come back, you could say the forest sort of surprised us with its resilience. Our management goals for early conifer establishment were met even without any effort on our part.

The fact a one-page paper has generated this level of discussion underscores the paucity of direct scientific information that exists on the effects of management intervention following natural disturbances.

That was less than clear. The communications between the agency and the university turned out to be an unclear two-way street.

My stroke wasn't really there. It was kind of a bummer. I still had OK times, but I still can't help thinking I should have been a little faster and just an ounce better.

There are all these species out there and so few of them are known in intimate detail, so any kind of ecological characterization, through no fault of ecologists, will be limited in accuracy and precision.